Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1947 — Page 1

yJ®<LV. No. 48.

■tslalurelsj Ksing Buck' ■To Voters ( | jßiree Major Islues I Kjy Be Passed To I Biters To Decide I Feb - f ’ r*>I ■■»"-•’ I ■■»' ||<k !nay I BBL woik' in th- I'M* ■ «4»-<’ti>>n. ■ fliß«t* ' • :<t*'*identi.,l. ■ fISSI • 1I " 1 ' ' andidat*-* * ■ ■■ft,,:: !-'t November. they S be, ;iiim- tii l, U'L Indiana I I I ÜBfaav the enate a«l<»i»t«*il on K leadmi: .111 amendment to ■ < h>M-d shop bill The | kills everything Inst I ' ••» • l.< i” and xiibxliti;t*-* I I^K-* i;,|ii,u ' f,,r 3 pus ■ IffHM'" l ,!I *' | i"*‘ M| l" n ~f whether I wB v»>t»rs favor enactment of i B* shop legislation. I ■sinalnl- in fin* house, the I Btuu- liquorfiolitii s divorce I fKc,. stricken off the calendar! I <■)> arbitrary decision by house! I sK(..r Hobart Creighton. It. may come up again for third reading I ■<• senate approval of a ref , * on the closed shop ques-j ■ |o[ itKtcaxed to three th- majoi ■ nos hi heduled for the voter ■ nt.- n- xt year. However, like ■■ 1 ! "-‘|'l shop liferendnni pro I bill- • ailing for a proposed B on the soldier bonus ■ |... .■) option queiliolix have ■ only ohi house of the legts K Hr- and -till must get through ■ other ■ hamber mid lie signed ■ MGovernoi (latex S '* hot all the Irfelelldillll I ■lioh* tin I'H- voter liny have § I '' , ' l ’ E olhei i| i. lion- Wile apK Sr. it tor i elerenuiiin by the I'M.*, ® ' I. .--I aie lion on ih-i-I f'.watd apploral by th- l!i|7 ■ These ’would call for ■ !■(*' papi t work ' on the part of IMS voter E question* are' ■ <B| '“""b ■’ U *‘ fbonld B|^B lowered from 21 to IS years ■ S hethef the terms of county I should lie it.creased from to four years Whether Hit’ me of highway l»e limited to the E department UK'lt* '• -I"te it I- pox-ilde that -IX BS* ■"■tldillll ipie Holl- will be |hix ■■ foi the roter next year Some wMB 11,1 11 ~r" I'o orporatim; | Bb l <iu< stions than the simple ■ ria five o! deciding on one isI HB'"' "till w,r ’' ■ ■iking about th,, attacks against B who wax accused of I biased against labor. E B * leiraton yi -t-r l.y uiid-rwi-nt ■ vinous attacks from the floor the house in Which lie was I with being dictatorial ami in "rushing through" labor bills. ■I Th- tiniiHttal situation grildied - longest day ifii- session in which action wax un us MH In other imisrrtant action ■1 Th" house defeated a bill to option |,y precincts passed another meisnre to Hie qile-tiotl before the voters III* HUM general election. MR The senate passed a cont rover 1 measure restoring a Hen estates of persons on old -n-lon rolls. The storm around Creighton ■ Rrolt* during the opening minutes the house session when the yypesser handed down on first a bill that would outlaw Picketing. The measure was ■ B-? ,S * <! hy th * senate. Monday. mHes| '~O ——— — j I Mount Etna Erupts, I I Village Threatened IB ' atama, Sicily. p e h 2«.—(UP)— ' H -“nt Etna erupted today, spew I lot’ d ‘T" ‘ lop * “ « ’ molten lava which had crept ■ . n? n * m “* * haK ot '*“* H Os PM “ P “<arto Hear, ‘" <and, *-'* n ' of lava llfu r2?*° a I( ** ,OCI fl ™' nn-1 ■ mde T d J n< ' r ’*"* d lo of a ilmsJ n . bOMr Tb * n,oH,n a,r *« I I oTT! T. lhan *•* It • dmiL U< * Ot Ctet * ma - *•*

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Bleacher Collapse Takes Third Life Negro Honor Student Dies This Morning Lafayette, Ind.. Feb. 2fi -tl’P)— A Purdue University honor student died today of injuries received in the collapse of a bleacher section at a big nine basketball, game Monday bringing the death toll In the tragedy to three. Theodore Nordquist, 25. Gary. Ind., an urmy alrfqrce veteran and a senior, died of spinal and chest injuries at Home hospital. He also' suffered two broken legs when' the huge bleacher section gave way during the half or the Purdue- i Wisconsin game. Two other stu-' dents were killed and more than 250 injured. Nordquist was the son ot Mr. j and Mrs. Arthur Nordquist, <330. Grant Street) Gary. He was a senior in the school ot mechanical engineering. School oHicials said he was awarded the air medal for his activities ax a pilot during World War 11. Two special committees continued to investigate the accident to determiiu’ what caused the bleachers, which held 3.400 spectai tors, to crumple to the dirt floor Members of the university's en- ' glneering faculty and another group named by Gov. Ralph F. ' Gates studied the mass of wreckj age in the huge fieldhouse. The investigators pondered i whether the wooden supports of I the temporary neats gave away or ,if steel seat braces collapsed i under the strain. President Frederick llovde of the university yesterday blamed ' "structural failure" but said the bleachers hail been used during the football season before being moved into the fieldhouse. Nearly !<»<» persons remained In hospitals today. Seven Purdue students were listed as critical Koger Horhausen. 24. freshman from Garrett. Ind., wan crushed under the bleachers. William l» , Fe'.dman. 20. a sophomore. East Uhlcago. Ind., died several hours Jeter of injuries. ■ I-llll—l ""O —~ “ ““ Mrs. Mary Beitler Dies This Morning Mrs. Mary Wetter-Beitler. 33. widow of the late Samuel Beitler. died at 11:15 am. today at the home of a daughter. Mrs. W. <>. Neiietixih wander. Berne. Other survivors _re: another daughter. Mrs. Victor Eichenberger. a non, Hugo Beitler. both of Berne; two Usters. Mrs. Itosina Beecher of Elkhart and Mrs. Emma Gehrig of Woodburn; II grandchildren and •even great-grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Cross Evin gelical and Reformed church in Bernd, with th- Bev. C. A. Schmid t officiating. Burial will be In the MHK cumetery- The body will be removed from the Yager funeral home to the Netten.-chwander realence at 2 p.m. Thursday, — A—- — Striker District Winner Decatur Student Is Oratorical Winner Miss Karlann Striker. Decatur' juniorsenior high school student. 1 will represent the district in the regional oratorical contest of the f American Legion, to be held at I Ixvgsn.iport at an unannounced j date. Miss Striker, daughter of Mr. j and Mrs. Carl Striker, wax victorious Tuesday night In the fourth district contest, held at post 47. American Legion, in Fort Wayne She won the event from three orher contestants: Edith Schim msl of Fort Wayne Central high i i school, who won second plac* Annabel! Gent is of Lancaster in Wells county and Rosco* Gradl : less of Columbia City, who tied for third. 1 Her toph’ was "The Living C»n i stltution." an oration with which I •he won the Adams county con i test and also delivered at a special meeting of Adams Post 43. 1 which sponsored the local event. ( Miss Striker and the other con- ; teetants will receive medal* sig naHsing their achievements and , the local high school will keep , the Cart Graham trophy in Its pooMMion for one year by virtue ( ot Mias Striker « victory ( F. Dean DochtoL former state , I commander of the Legton and the ( i peeßsat dtelrtct contest chairman, j pretdd-'l durlnc the event Ed ,

.Jewish Leaders Bring Relief Appeal To Truman ■ B. . ' ' ‘ * JH ’ •w ■ vis DELEGATION OF LEADERS of the United Jewish Appeal, who are conducting a 31’0.000.000 campaign for Hie relief of 1.500.000 distressed Jews In Europe, call at the White House to receice President Tin man's endorsement of their efforts to aid Jewish survivors of Hitlerism From left are Herltert It Lehman, ex New York governor and former UNltllA director; Mrs. David M. I/’vy, chairman of the U. J A. Women's division; President Truman and Henry# Morgenthau, Jr., former Treasury secretary and chairman of the United Jewish Appeal's current drive.

Plans Launched For 4-H Work In County Plans Outlined In Meeting Os Leaders Enrollment in 4 11 work was the emphasis of the leader*' meeting Tuesdjy night Next week Adam* county boys and girls will be placing their names on the 1947 rolls ot 411 club cards and enrollment forms were taken from this session to the 2!* local dubs that expect to start their program short lyMrs Holman Jfc«fferson township. Chris lunlger, Monroe township. Don llaudenhush. Blue Creek township; Mary Hieh. W. Mjry's township. Chi is Stahly. Hartford downship; and Rowena Miller. Mollioe township, went elected to the Adams county 4 II executive <y>uncil. These adult leaders, with members appointed by the Adams county agricultural extension committee, the 4 H ex hihlts Inc., and junior 4-H leaders group, are the authority in Hie county I II program. Dates for several 4-H events a-re set Enrollment will dose April 15; the annual exhibit will be held the week of August 5: officers training schools will be held May 13 and II; 4-H camp will be August 17 20; the county meeting for 4-H'ers In home economics projects, when contests in judging and demonstrations are held, will be July It; 3 special interest school on demonstrating is ached tiled for May 27. and special meet i Ings for those ill the dairy projects were announced for March 10, May 12. and June 11. Jay Yost, vice chairman of thei 194 rt 411 council conducted the business session after mixer games and songs, led by Mrs. Amos Stauffer and Mrs. .Mary Rich. Hand books were distributed to all lead ere. The following leaders were pre tTurn Tn Pfur* 1 Column •> oAuthorities Report Several Accidents Icy Highways And Streets Blamed Several auto accidents in and near Decatur late Tuesday were attributed by Ed Miller of the city police and sheriff Herman Howman to the icy condition of the afreets and highways. In Daeatnr. about 4:33 p.m Tuesday. cars driven by George Scheiner. 17. of route three and Albert Scheumann. 68. route one. crashed at the intersection of First and Monroe streets. latter in the evening an auto driven by Calvin Magley. 28. 820 North Second street, crashed into a hedge in the 300 block of North Fifth street when it skidded on the slippery street, chief Miller reported Sheriff Bowman reported that sn auto driven by James H. Raud enbaah. of Monroe. akldded into « parked auto in that town Tues-day-and when ihe driver <o: oat to invewtira** be tm>»d that the parked vehicle was owned by

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 26,1947

Douglas Nominated As Envoy To Britain Washington. Feb 26 (UP)—i ' President Truman today nominated Lewis W Douglas, insurance [ executive and former budget dlrec- ' tor. to be amltaksado. to Great Brit lan As ambiMsador to Brit lan, Douglas will take the plac" that waul to have been filled by <) Max Gardner. Gardner died in New York a few weeks ago on the day he waa to have sailed for Lmdon to assume his jmxt — — o Warns Motorists Os Passing School Bus Collision Narrowly Averted Near City John M Sionebiirner. Washington township trustee, today Ixxm’d a stern warning that he would sign an affidavit against all motor lata' In Ihe towi.ihip who violated safety regulations concerning school biixi -IThe warning was prompted, he said, by an Incident this morning In which a collision involving a schiMil bus loaded with children wax narrowly averted The Incident occurred east of Decatur near Belmont park when th** diver of the bus stopped to pick up some children, enroute to school. The bus had It* slop sign near the driver’s side of the car pl.iinly visible. Mr. Stonehurner said, but {the unidentified .notorkil ignored the warning and drove by. almost colliding with the bus and sulking the children. Mr. Stonehurner signed an asIfidavlt against a motorist several week* ao for a similar violation Thia driver was convicted of the offense ami fined in citv court, h** recalled. A otate law provides that motorists must stop for all school bussea. loading and unloading children—when the bus driver has the vehicle stop sign arm ewung out.

beaten TfteUtat&u tlb v. Dwight 11. McCurdy. First Church of (bull “THE HOUSE OF THE LORD” ••One thing have I desired of the le»rd. that will I after; that I may dwell in the house of the la>rd all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his tvmp'.e." tl’salm 27:41 The House of the Lord is a dwelling house, not a house tn which to lodge, hut to abide. It is a royal house, a shall enter into the king's palace Christ calls His •••’”■ •» * king loin. and their house is suitable to their dignity It is a Indy house, a temp'e. It Is a heavenly house It is wituMtw In the better country, blessed with a p. rpetual spring, which jMrt ' things for necessity, convenience, and delight. That land enjoy an everlasting day. "for thete shall be no night there An eternal sunshine beautifies It As for the city, this house stands in that great city, the Holy Jorusaleto." a city which shall flourish uhM ail the cities below are In ashes A city that never changeth its inhabitants. Blessed with perfect peace, nothing from any quarter can ever annoy It. It Is the House of the house This clay body is a narrow house, where the soul is caged wn for a time But that house hath many mansions It la a most convenient house Every Mint shall find his own mansion Pjepar ed and furnished with every conveniency for hint. O l»eßever. art tbouln poverty and straits? There la an incorruptible treasure *» that house. Are you groaning under the tyranny of sin. Tne.e believers shall walk in the glut lout liberty of the eons of Cod. It to a ante bouse The gates "are not shut at ail by day. for •here to no danger there No unclean thing cm asw ft ft « a glorious bouse. Th.- visible heavens are but the porch of he sea of the blessed. It to tM house in which the King's non to to dweß w.th the bride tor ever It was purchased at a tot even

Assessment Values I Are Set By State — Persona! Property Valuations Fixed Good work horses in Adams county will be assessed at 1100. each, common work horses at I <5. ■ two and three year olds at 85« and 830. These a e among the values in iasxresing personal property ax handed down to the assessors of Adams county by the state tax board, county asseroor Albert liar low announced today. Mr Harlow listed several values. Set by the tax board, in preparation | for the 1347 assessing peiiod. which , opens here on March 1. Driving and middle horses will be valued at »250. ponies at 81'»« A figure of 3300 will lie assessed for registered cows ami bulls. 81.,0 for good cows ami hulls. !!'»( fo' { ■ common ones, he said lleg'j’tereil brood sows and pigs will lw* valued at 175. registered brood sows with pigs at 870. com-. mon hrood sow- at B.*o Light breed chlekens will be assessed at »6 per dozen, heavy at 8H Rubbits will be a-sexswt at 85 per J dozen; one and two uni* milking, machines at 8150 and 8200. (Turn To l*a«e J. Column i) -- o •- Decatur Girl Scouts Need Meeting Rooms Mrs. <’. I Finlayson, chairman of the Decatur G'rl Scout council, today issued an urgen’ appeal to Decatur residents for aid in securing meeting rooms for the organization The Girl Scout group has grown rapidly in numl*ers in the past few monthe. and a meeting place is Inidly needed Anyon<’ having spare rooms which might be suitable for the Girl S<(mt* is usked to contact Mrs. Finlayson, phone 5751. and arrangements will lw* made to pay a reason able rent.

President Os AFL Admits Union Financial Reports Might Be Wise Policies

Threaten To Close All Buffalo Schools Truckers Refuse To Haul Schools Coal Buffalo. N Y.. Feb 20 <UP| — \ boycott by AFL tnnk drivers, who refus<-d to haul <«al throuirh ' picket lines threaten. I today to . I<i-e the 21 public schools remaining open despite a strike of 2.400 te.i< he x Superintendent of schools Bobert T. Btipst -aid the 21 schools would open today but admitted that laifayette high school, one of two high schools still functioning, had only a sufficient supply of coal to last until tomorrow Tothnical high school, he said, had only enotigh < oal to operate four or five days more. The Ift elementary schools still I open have sufficient coal on hand tor from two to three weeks. The city's other 77 schools were {dosed Monday when the teachers I quit to enforce demands for an Immediate >SOO <-oat-of-ii» ing bonus and a 31.025 salary increase next year. Approximately 63.000 pupils were affected by the strike. ! Teachers who ignored the strike admittedly were having difficulty ! keeping order In classes which were described by oome pupils ax a farce Sixty nine teachers at laifayette petitioned the siiperilltendent to close that school. They said they . did not deem it advisable to con- : tiuue classes under present con- * dltlotM. ('lasses at latfayetle were dis I missed early yesterday for the i second day At Technical high ! schcml. bands of hoiste erne Mudents wandered Hnoiiga unattended c’laxxroomx and o’t-- group attempted to carry a placard into the build Ing. All -holaristic sports a.tlviti.* were suspended. 1 Thousands of school childn-n I !.d tchor ’an •lidos, tka’inc rinks and thcate a lo make the I most of the holiday Many of them refused to attend classes at the opc-ti schools because of their i pathy with tea. hers. Ba pat said th.’ AFL teamsters (local had notified him its members would deliver coal to -.hools only if the temperature* wao kept down to 40 degree*, sufficient to keep pipes from freezing. Normal school loom temperature is .(> degrees. The sit ike was at a stalemate with ls»lh teachers and city officials looking to Albany for a eol nt lon. o Lions Aid School Safety Patrol Here Finance Purchasing Os Some Equipment Further imp-tux toward .the formation of a student safety patrol In Decatur wax given last night in the meeting of the’ De catur Lions club The club authorized a committee lo finance th- purchasing of raincoats and some- other lesser equipment for each member of th.* pal col Th- committee had previously xm-ured assistance of the* Chicago Motor Club, which agreed lo furnish the while Itelfx and some other accessories for the patrol members. The motor club has also agreed to conduct a survey in the city to determine the niutilx-r of student patrolm-lt needed and the places tc which they will be assigned The committee had previously secured the approval of the city school Isxard. concerning the formation of the patrol—the first in the city's history. The Lions cluh in its meeting last night also voted to contribute 315 to the Red Cross campaign, which opens March 1. - —o Youthful Skater Is Killed On Highway Wartln«ton. lad . Feb M -<UU» ’ Jamw A ItarliM. l«. wdoa. was, kiled aa M akatad on Ind. M j

United States Presses Claim To Mandates Promises To Build Islands To Bastion Os General Security Like SuccesH, N Y . Feb. 26 — ! (UP)—The United States pressed ! its Haim to Japan's Pacific man dates lu’fore th.* United Nation* ' security cotmcil today, promising to buill the islands into a far flung bastion dedicated to "general security under the United 1 Nations." Heartened by Soviet Ruxxia'x approval. American officials anticipated almost no resistance to their plan for legally i-moving 623 islands and nearly 1.b0n.000 square miles of the Pacific from Japanese control and placing them under exclusive United States trusteeship In a specially prepared analysis, th- United States UN delegation' defended its trusteeship demands, and maintained that the program wax the only way to assure "thsecurity of this country and th- maintenance of International peace and sef-urlty.” Former senator Warren Austin. , chief American delegate, wax ready to elaborate on the Ameri- ' can plan when the council m<-t at 2 p m ('ST to begin consider:.!lon of the trnxtr-exhlp proposal. Soviet Russia's unexpected an proval of the trusteeship, plan left only minor British and Vixtraliat criticism In th- way of prompt approval by th. security com <ll The two countries maintain th.United States should wait for th-! Japanese p-ac- negotiations to press Its claim, but they have —learlv ..*.dorx--«l <*v t’tql’-c " . ..., ...... *■ Th • doc men ,i . council mrmb. rx a f-v hour I" , advance of Hie meeting a <1 wu nn-nt frankly publicized a< .o' ' answer to critlex of th-* alleged "hart’hnexx'' of Hi- trust—ship plan—comnienied on each of th--16 articles making up th- draft trusteeship ngr—meat "Thix agr—m.-nt," It a-*-r’*<’ , "applies only lo the Japanese tnandat.’d islands ami doos not apply lo iiiiv islands under Jap l anese sovereignty fo* which th. Uniled Slates may become rsponsible.'* American claims to territory directly a part of Japan such a(the islanl of Okinawa must wait , until the I’acifi. pea. .inference Here, in brief are major pro I visions of the draff agreement and the American delegation’s . ommeiit on them I. The United Slates will be sole administering authority of. Ihe trust territory 623 islands with 346 square miles of land area and a population of 45.237 —even though it had no claim to th(Turn To !•»«» - Cot-mn f.» . o Lambert Funeral To Be Held Thursday i Rites Are Set For Accident Victim Fuu-ral services for Robert F lambert. 3M. local war veteran killed Tuesday in an auto crash near Fort Wayne, will lw* h» Id Thursday afternoon at 130 o'clock at the Gil'.ig a- Doan fu , neral home The Rev Wayne I’aulen of the Bluffton Methodist church will officiate, and burial will he In tbFairview cemetery at Bluffton laimbert was enkoute to thia city from Fort Wayne, where be was employed when the crash occurred oae mile south of the latter city. His body, lying near the overturned wreckage of his auto, waa found by a neighboring farm er about Its. Tuesday Alien county authorities today , placed the time of the aoeldeat at

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Truman Sends Bill , For Unification Os U. S. Armed Forces To Congress Today Washington. Feb. 26 — (UP) — AFL president William Green said ! t.slay it might b- >t growl thing to give employers "fr— sp—< It" and i make unions fil- financial reports : and register with th- government. < In testimony before the house labor committee Green thus departed a little from his role of und-viating opposition to all newlabor legislation. Other congressional developments: Atomic —The senate atomic energy commitlee heard Its last, scheduled witness today and will decide tomorrow whether to hear any further testimony on David E. Lilienthal's fitness to lie chairman of the atomic energy commission Portal pay — The house rules committee voted to put an antiportal pay hill before the hoUBe tomorrow with debate limited to live hours. Democratic members ( ,f «he house judiciary committee condemned the hill as an attack on the fair labor standards act Service “merger" — President I Truman sent to congress legislation for ''unification*' of th- army, navy and air forces. II- proposed I creation of a national defense establishment headed by a civilian secretary of cabinet rank Under him would lie non-cabinet d-nar'-mentx of the army, navy and air forces Ambassador- la-wlx W Douglas. 52 year old insurance executiV’* and former director of th- bn.lcet was nominated by pros! lent TrrI riaii to be amb.'x.’ador to free* | Pritaht He will take th- place •of th- las- O Max Gardner , DPA Chairman Sfvl.- Bridget [of the senate appropriations com--1 mitt— calles! for legislation to wind up GPA this spring ami pt.' sirgar. rice and rent controls in i ry committee x-t up a «uiw*om mitt— to put in writing its longstanding "custom" of requirin': an FBI report on nil per-ons num ina'ed ’<> federal judgeship* |ti 'so doing ft iw.stpon.-d for ththirl Hm<- action <>n th.- nomination of Joe B Dooley to lw fed-rii* judge in the northern Texas <ll • tricts New law* — President Truman {signed hills to tit continue until July 1 maritime commission atithI o'ity lo operate ship* ami <2. j exempt John D Rockefeller. Jr. from gift taxes on property do I nated to the United Nation* fo* ' its permanent horn- in New York. It was Rep Clare E Hoffman. II! Mich., who evoked from Green agreement that some labor law change* might lw- desirable ■ The Wagn-t act." Gr—n said 'might he amended to grant free . speech to employers and to m.ik • ! unions file financial reports an I 'register with the government.’' A* the Wagner act now r.-.id . employers who speak out on th-» subject of union memlHTship are Hable to prox.’cnlioli for unfair ' lalw.r practices. Late Bulletins Washington. Feb. 26.—(UP) —The government announced today that during April. May and June 500.000 more tons of sugar will be available for home and industrial consumption than during the first three months of the year. Brussels. Feb. 2ff—(UP)— Massed thousands of former Belgian war prisoners battled rifle-firing police around the government buildings today, and this evening besieged the houses of parliament where the members were meeting. New Vock. Feb. —Wholesale feud priceu have reached an all-time high with recent sharp advances in hoge and wheat. Dun A Bradstreet. Ttn* B of 81 feoda In general &.