Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1947 — Page 1

KTxlv. No. 50.

VOTE OP A LIQUIDATION BY LAST OF JUNE

Kates Opposes 111 To Outlaw llilily Srikes 9 Restrictive Labor 9 Laws Are Opposed ■ By Governor Gates Feb 2S - (I Pt Kninr".i'ion leaders were «et K lnday *h.n the word* of Kr.rn”' Gate* *»’re u * wl *” 9mi*'>ra rllv a hi ” *" UI<I Kliw'sirike* in Indiana public ■ilitie* tn<-a*ure fai.ed to Reta majority in the K< f o( representative*. The Km- *a« 45-38. ■ Vlmmifitiaiion men” said they Houiil recall the bill <>n Monday K which time well have the »'* V " ,F * P®’** *’ ■ Thl . proposal law would have K.,.. it mandatory for union* and Kbiu utill'ie* to engage in com Kl*‘>'v arbitration with a 3-mem-K- l>oar<l appointed by the Rover- ■ Thr board would have the full Kwrr to order final terma of set Kinent During and before ar Kration strike* and lockouts Kuhl be outlawed Persona In Kf.rrini: with or tailoring the Kiril or the law would be fined M» 'em and sentenced to six Kftthu in jail ■ I'ro i.ilior legislator* quote I sec K>ns of Gates' message to the Kr<ral a-Kern lily to show the Kornor did not wan: reatrictivi Ktor law* and that the present Ktiitration machinery in the Mate K*s adequate. » _. Others, however, pointed out hat Gate* idme approved a num jer of 'anti-labor” bill* in the rii-lative hopper because he lieleved they were "corrective and Mt reatrictive." tater, the house pawned by a tare ion»titutional majority. 52 33, i Mil which called for a complete <a-Mum<nt of real estate and ursonal property for taxation wyoae* in 1949 Opponent* of It. measure charged that prope. y values were "artificially Intoted'’ now and were not genu uely indicative of the true wonh. I’blcm we have our real estate ’o-wment* in good shape.” »aid p-p Lol hair Teetor. R. Hagerstown, ’the entire tax structure Fill break down.” In the senate, a Republican tried un«ucce«*fu]|jr to blast out of a committee a bill which would have repealed the 1939 law g/r---erning the division of coata In railroad grad, separation project*. A companion bill whic h proposed to set tip a 50-50 division of cost* *’• defeated in the house earlier. Rep C Edwin .Moseley. R.. Peru, speaking as a farmer said *>w that we farmers have elec’rified our farms the condition should never lie permitted where ’hi* utility service wonld be cut kep Robert H Heller. D.. Deca tw. house minority leader warn'd that th* greatest evil of the Mil “is in giving the governor the fewer to direct the arbitration, to **t wages of utility employes and '* iserease rate* utilities can «karp* the public ” Rep Howard S. Steele. R.. > sex. said "I must warn you that ** 'Ma Mil Is passed, we will di"*r* labor from the Republican »a»ty.“ R*P Charles flecker. R . Evans ’'ll*, charged the administration •J’h misrepresentation and point- . out you can't divide the peo!*c * tts * anti-labor legislation t* B to aati-public and ant! man»«»awat - AdmlaiMratlon leaders repeat'«to triet to prevent debate on * luge h a t were headed off by -Raker Hobart Creighton. R.. ’*r»aw who indicated the debate . ! run as long as men cared i ’• ’Peak. • M*aawhlle. many legislators tr V |g « to pressure oat of "tamittee bills they hoped would law in this session ... ***«• still In house and X!*? ew "»l’i«*s at the close of "***•’- well be marked off IT *** ***l * "*■■**"» ~ wATHER 1

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Cigaret Spark Leads To Death For Five Bristol, Tenn.. Feb. 28—fl'Pk— Five death* were recored today as j u grim warning that it doesn't pay ! to smoke near an aut< mobile ga*l tank. A cigaret spark that blew into ’a ga* tank at a filling station here' yesterday shattered the elation . Firemen said a cigaret in the hand* ' of one of the victim* undoubtedly caused the blast and fire o 50-Year Pact Aligns France, Great Britain 50-Year Treaty Os Alliance Reached By Nations Today ——— Pari*. Feb. 28. —(DPI— France and Great Brittan have concluded a 50-year treaty of alliance, for-1 eign minister George* Bidault announced to a cheering national assembly tonight. The wsembly gave a unanimous vote of confidence after he announced the alliance with Great Britain, disclosing it* length for the first time. At the end of an hour's speech winding up two days of debate on foreign affairs. Bidault announced full agt.-ement on a 50-year military. politiinl and economic al Hance. The assembly rose and cheered for several minute* Edoffard Herriot. assembly president. interrupted Bidault'* speech to congratulate him. He also paid tribute to the "glorious British people, champion* of democracy and liberty " At the end of his speech Bidault wa«< given a vote of confidence in which all of the 608 deputies present concurred Before Bndault spoke, reports circulated that the French and British were ag eelng to take all necessary steps to eliminate any P'urn To Page I r<diimn -t> Pneumonia Fatal To Infant This Morning Lonlsu Costello, nine-months-old daughter of Mr. anil Mrs. Henry Costello. 1103 Elm street, died at II o'clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital after a week's illness of pneumonia. Surviving In addition to the parents are the following brothers and sisters: Alfonso, oversea* with the V. S. army. Genevieve. tape. Matilda. Henry. Daniel. Deloris and Isabel, all at home Funeral services will be held at 9 a m. Monday at the St. Mary's Catholic chnrch. with the Very Rev. J. J. Seimetz officiating Burial will lie In the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the Gillig * Doan funeral home after 7 pm. Saturday. o Aaron Reams Dies Thursday Evening Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Aaron Reams. 75. retired farmer. died at 8 o'clock Thursday evening at his home. m>3 Walnut street, after an illness of three months of complications He was bom in Grand Rapids O. January 11. I»7S. a son of fohn F. and Elisabeth Keller Reams, and had resided in Adams county for the pa«t 35 years. , 1 He was a member of the First Methodist ehnrch He was married September 3., 1919. to Martha J. Engle, who died June 10. 1P43 No children were bom to their union The deceased was the last of 10 children Only near survivor is a nephew. George C. Morgan of Ohio g Funeral service* will ba held at 2 o'etotk Saturday afternoon at the Glliig 41 Doan funeral home, with Dr M. O. taster ofnrtstiag Th.- body wW toe taken iff Uaden- | -.owl cemetery in Fort Wayne for

Fighter Plane Completes Long Non-Stop Hop First Honolulu To New York Non-Stop Flight Made Today New York. Feb. 28 — (VPI — Streaking in to an “emergency” I landing at taGuardia field, the army's twin-inustang fighter plane Betty Jo today completed the first nonstop flight from Honolulu i 5.051 miles—in an official elapsed time of H hours. 33 minutes. With only 60 gallons of gasoline in her tanks, the plane touched I down here at 11:OR a. m. EST I after passing the control tower at 11:06 a. m. EST. the latter figure being the one given officially by tin- National Aeronautic associa I tion for the arrival here Lt. Col. Robert E. Thacker. I chief pilot, believed he had com- - pleteil the long flight in 14 hours. 32 minutes, but the NAA gave 14 hours. 33 minutes as official It was the longe*t flight ever 1 made by a fighter plane. On its takeoff last night from Hickam field. Honolulu, the strange twinfuselaged plane carried the heaviest load ever lifted into the air by a fighter plane. And it was the first non-stop flight by any k'.nd of a plane from Honolulu to New York Thacker dropped the "flying freak., as some of those seeing it for the first time today immediately name.l it. to a perfect landing as hl* wife, for whom the plane was named, and a crowd of more than 1.0«0 persons cheered and waved. The El Centro. Cal., pilot, and his co-pilot. Ist Lt John M. Ard. i Inglewood. Cal. were tired but happy as they slid from the < ramped cockpits where they had sat for nearly 15 hour* "We flew it the way wo wanted to fly it.” Thacker said. The engines ran sweet.” But for a time eat Her today It had appeare I that the filers might save to give up liefore reaching their goal. Thacker gave full credit to Ard for the decision to continue to LaGuardia instead of landing a' Erie or Wilkes Barre. Pa., which they bad considered. He quoted Ard a* saying, when they discussed the dwindling gas supply as they roared over the Great takes area: "Colonel, we <an do it." Ard is * "very experienced" fighter pilot. Thacker explained, and the chief pilot made his decision then to continue to New York. The flight was made at altl-, (Turn T<. P**’ ? Cnfumn Ct O Central Soya Head Is Rotary Speaker Robert Fletcher Is Speaker Last Night Business manazemen' and labor unions are dependent on the customer, who has the final say-so a--I>out price*. Robert Fletcher, president of the Central Sova Company, j Inc. Fort Wayne, said in a talk; on “The Customer is Your Boss." liefore the Rotary club Inst evening • If the customer makes up hi* mind that the price of an article lor product Is too high, the sale is lost and both management and labor suffer a* a lesult." the speaker outlined Mr Fletcher stated that business, or private enterprise, as It is teamed in this country, existed for a three-fold purpose Fi st, for the| creation of new wealth: second to| provide employment. andthird as a means to Increase the American standard of living " Included in the cost of manufacturing or of furnishing a service to the customer, are the Items of financial return on capital invested, salaries and wag ns of employe*, taxes, repair* and a reserve to replac* obsolete and worn-out marh inery or equipment. Mr. Fletcher .-numerated ' h ** e I

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February, 28, 1947

Confesses She Gave Child Away */ A. taMHI * "flit Ip ' j: ADMITTING SHE GAVE her H-month old son, Donnie, to .Mr. and Mr*. Robert Humbarger of Toledo. O. becau**- she could not support him. Mr*. Virginia Waltman, pictured with Donnie and her three older children in their Neosho. .Mo., home, dismisses a kidnaping charge she had filed.

All Schools Enrolled In Junior Red Cross Chairman Reports Full Enrollment Again the teacher* and pupils of th< Adam* County schools hive reached th’ 1 coveted goal of 100 percent enrollment in Junior Red Cross. Mis* Grace Coffee, chairman of the diviaion. announce*. The amount contributed i»y each ■chool. one dollar for each 100 pupil* tor a fraction thereof) enrolled in high school, and 50 cents for each elementary school room has been sent to area headquarters. Alexandria. Va The Junior Red Cross has -ent 1200 to the national children's I fund The Berne school* designated that their contribution of 175.50 should l>e used in this fund. The schools ano the amount contributed by each follows Kimsey school. 54 45 Lincoln school. (Blue Creek) 15.70. Election school t French township). 5300 Meyer school. 54 I®. Reynold*. 1200. Linn Grove, 38 50. Hower. 53 30 Elet-tion (Kirkland township). 53 00. Election (Monroe township). 53 ON Muensterberg, 51 00. Sackett. .50c. Winchester. 31.50. Sprunger. 13.70. ParochiaH Monroe township). ' 115.00 Preble, ,50c. St. Paul. 11 56. Zion. 84 70. St. John's. 5962. St. Peters. 510A0. tTurn Tn Pave I. Column «i

(J. T. Trucax. First Church of the Natarenet “JOY AND SORROW” Psalm c M:5 —"Weeping way endure for a night, hut Joy conieth in the morning" in our meditation for thia < renins we have In the verse of scripture the donble antithesis. weeping sei over against Joy; the t night »et over against morning. There seems to he two extremes in the experiences of people. Jus how dn< may pa«s through them Is determined hy ones attitude and position that is taken in rela tion to the sorrows or joys Life is full of hardness The rough exposures have a tendency to make the man or woman to liecotn.- hard and rough Hut the man of God is not to so be made. His rough and sorrowing experiences are only to make l-.fm <o become more like the Man of borrows; to realise that »uch experiences arc transitory and that in the morning of God good providence joy will flood the soul and weeping will be gone "Your sorrow seems to color your character.' said < visiting friend to a sick one. "Yes. that is right, but I will choose the color." To think that we may avoid sorrow is only to trv to avoid the I lunes of life To fare life as thongh there was nothin* W wmw

Warn Motorists Not To Use Old Plates Indianapolis. F-b. 2S il'Pi Don't drive your automobile with I‘rti; license plate*, the Indiana state police warned today. You might find yourself behind bars State police superintendent Col Robert i:<e*o* said ar.est orders > were sent to police district* • The order* will go into effect after • midnight. Feb.2B. Rossow said. 1 AuthoriHes said Hoosier motor--Ist* had plenty of time io get the lic. |*<e plate* They went on sale i Jan 6 at dbzeiis of motor vehicle > bureau branch office* throughout ■ the state. ; 0 Pullman Uncouples, One Dead.ll Hurt ’ i - Last Pullman Car On Train Uncouples Altoona. Pa. Feb 2* rt'Pi - The I i*t pttllman < ar of the Pennsylvania railroad* Sunshine Special liecime uncoupled Bear the crest of the Allegheny mountain* to-l iy and raced wildly down the teep track* to crash izainst the mountainside after a three and-a-half mile. run. The railroad reported L. Key* of near Huston Tex., porter of the car. the ••Cascade Mirage. wa« killed and 11 persons were Injured The hurt were picked up, by the Jeffersonian Express and, taken to Altonna hospital, where . at least three were reported in serious condition The Sunshine Special was traveling west from New York to Texs«. It had slopped at Gallitzin tunnel to drop an extra engine after ’limbing the 11'-* mile grade up ’Turn To !•««•• < C-ltMiin 15

Senate Committee Votes 17 Million For OPA To Liquidate By June 30

I Suicide Identified As Ohio Resident Veteran Commits Suicide Thursday' — The Itody of a World War II veteran from Elida. Ohio, who killed himself in the Haines garage at Monroe Thursday afternoon. is at his parental home today awaiting burial. The veteran, identified as Richard Rower. 35. of Phillip Rower of Elida, fled Tuesday night from the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne where he had been recovering from a previous suicide attempt on January 17 in the Wayne hotel That time he slashed his throat but was unsuccessful. Tuesday night he slipped his street clothes on over hl* hospital gown and fled the institution. Wednesday evening at 5:30 pin. he appeared at the Everett Rice home near .Monroe anil asked to "get warm." He was given a meal liefore he left the home about 8 ‘ pm. lie later appeared at the ( Haines garage, where he stayed, ! until the shop -vas dosed at 9 pm. ! Yesterday he reappeared at the' i garage and Inquired of the owner, j Russell Haines, whether on not he had any rifle cartridge* for sale J When he learned they didn't he { went to the Stucky Hardware.! . j where Io- bought a box of .22 calibre cartridges He returned to’ the garage and while Mr Haines and an employe, Roger Neuen-i schwander. were out of the garage '' office, lie took a rifle belonging ' to Mr Haines. dropped three cartridges in it and shot himself The bullet entered his head di-, rectly between his eyes He died instantly Some trouble was ex|»erlenced at first in identifying the youth State policeman Walter Schindler. dep- ( nty sheriff Sam Bentz proseiutor Myles F. I’arrish and coroner liarI mon Gillig took part in the in- ! (Turn I•• Page 2. t'lj imn t> Change Os Court i Is Asked In Suit Schumacher Files Petition For Venue William Schumacher, as execu tor of the estate of the late An-. thony J. Schumacher, today filed ,] an affidivit in Adams circuit court ■ for a change of venue from the J county The affidavit states that he wa»' I named executor of the estate and that heretofore one “Lillian Schumacher" filed a petition to be de clared the common-law wife of the decedent It avers that the executor cannot have a fair and impartial trial in this county, and ll«ts three reason* I "That the petitioner 'Lillian Schumacher' ha* undue Influence over the citizens of Adam* county: | that an odium attache* itself to ! the executor In this county off account of local prejudice and that an odium attache* itself to the executor'* defense on account of jocnl prejudice." The affidavit wa« filed by De-1 Vos* & Smith as attorney* for the executor. Girl Scout Training Courses On Monday Two seetion* of a training course ' for Giri Scout leaders will be held at Fort Wayne Monday, with the j 1:36 p.m. uicetiflg at Jefferses Cen Itei. -ad the 7:30 session at the church at Fairfield ac! Jcfffereon strwets. Inciadad la the course wilt be folk dancing, game* and conga.

Harbor Area Os Haifa Rocked By Explosions Two Jews Killed, Other Persons Are Reported Injured Jerusalem. Feb. 28.—il'Pi —A serie* of powerful explosions rocked the harbor area of Haifa today a few hour* after a refugee ship carrying 1.35<» uncertified immigrant* was grounded off the neirby Palestine coast. Two Jew* were killed and one Britl*h «ixth airborne trooper and one trans Jordan frontier force ' man were wounded seriously when explosive* wrecked the safe rooms of Barclay's bank in the heart of the Haifa port area Three blasts in the series were ' believed to be from bomb- or land ■ mines timed to explode with the j expected arrival of the refugee . ahip. the Haim Arlosorov. former I ly the I'lua. in Haifa harbor The ship was Intercepted by a I British destroyer directed by a Royal air force plane It was j grounded off Bat Galbu. a Jewish | suburb south of Haifa The case of the refugees was I taken to the Palestine supreme court It ordered British officialto show cause why they should not . he allowed to land The court's sliow-caitse order, the second it has Issued tn the j long smouldering dispute over the legal status of Jewish refugees r ’ riving without credential*, in effect prevented the British from moving the ship outside the jiort of Haifa One British seaman was wound ed seriously when a naval party of 13 boarded the refugee ship, the, Haim Arlosorov. this morning near | Athllt While the sailors were swarming aboard, an unknown number of refugees jumped over board The ship grounded while the boarding party was trying to rescue them. It finally pro< «-ed«-d to Haifa harbor under nival escort Mt. Etna Erupts Red Hot Lava « PatMo Pisciaro. Sic.ly. Feb 2* <t*P» Subterranean pressure that blew two new hole* in hi*tj oric Mt Etna continued to pour additional red hot lava down the I slope., of the mountain today The lava st:earn towered to a height of 52 feet at its crest laet 'night and lhe new openings added more weight to the stream Thlr--1 teen homes were wiped out at Ciaterna. To Send Youths To Annual Boys' State American Legion Sponsor Os Event Pl in* for sending Adam* county's representatives to the annual Boys' State at Indianapolis on June 7-14 have been launched here hy H Vernon Aurand Mr. Aurand is Boy*' State chair m»n of Post 43, American Leg’off. sponsors of the event designed to teach the state's youth citizenship and government Mr. Aurand stated that 40<» youths from Indiana will take part and that Adams county's quota will likely be set at three To be eligible to participate a boy mint have completad hi* Jun lor high school year, he announced Vartoes organization* Including teu k>e*l Legion po*L customarily j

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Also Votes To Close Up Entire Office Os Temporary Controls By End Os June BULLETIN Washington. Feb. 28.— (UP) —The house today passed and sent to the senate legislation to outlaw nearly 56.0C0.0C0.000 in labor claim* for retroactive portal pay. Washington. Fell. J' il'l’i I Tin- senate appropriation com--1 r*pl<»e vntnd •nd"’-- o ’’ * I > e!7,<ioOJW)o wi h which to liqui-.nio itself by June 30. i The vole was sto 5 The commitiec also voted. 11 in 2 to d-», • I ' tip Hu- en:ire office of temporary lontrol* by lhe <-nd of June <»T<‘ includes OPA. the civilian production a {ministration and tli<« office of war mobilization and re I I conversion, all of wartime origin. Committee ihairman Style* 'Bridge* said congress between 1 j now and ol'A's demise probably will extend sugar, rice and reir <>>n’ro!s and transfer them to ' other agencies I A busy congressional day In- ‘ i eluded these development*’ TVA The senate publi. work* j committee voted 7 to •"> again*! ' < onflrmatlon of Gordon R Clapp ito to*- TVA chairman succeedtotj 1 David E Llltenthal It was a -ill” 'irtaniial victory for S<n. Kenneth 1 Mt-Koliar. I’. Tenn who a. • use I Clapp and Lilbn’hal of con.lott--1 ing communf -m in TV \ The full ’ senate, howevi - will have a I chance to vote on Clapp Relief Former presid«Jit Hers bert Hoover gave qualified en dorsement of President Trim..tn' i , ri quest for |3si).ooo.<tfH> for foreign , relief But reportirfg on his recent Get-man food study he ti-ged congress io "stop, look and linen” in appropriating money to feed - Europe He proposed a <■< ilinr on f's.-al 191* foreign relief of 51 200,000 <HM) to 51 '.110,000,000 Portal pay Th- botisc prepared to pass legls'ation out l.iw-in-nearly Irt.oot .ooo.ihmi in pen lin'* portal pav claims after le'a’ln' down Demotratic effort* to Hltetalive the bill Amendment* to give workers two or three years in which to sue for bat k pay were soundly w ltippe I Tile hill would make the statutory limit one rear. Budget Sen. Robert A Taft. R <• *aid all members <»f th— Repulill- in poll.-y committee favor tax cuts this year and oppose anv debt I’tdin Hon plan thn’ might rule them out The tom tnlttee me' as the »enatr resume■’ I'.eliate on a proposal to applv a' least 53."«0 iMMt.fwMt of anv budge’ saving to the s36l.st»n.oOii.mw» rational debt tabor Rep Ralph W Gwinn, p . N V . of the house laltor committee predicted that strike-con-trol IfgislaHtm will easily pass the house Trestle* I’resi lent Truman sent Io the senate for ratificatior peace treaties with Italy. Romania Bulgaria, ami Hungary. The foreign relation* committee will take them up on Tuesday New law Pr<- inert Truman sign. I a bi 1 authorizing this country to he p Mexico stamp out a dangerous hoof and mouth dis ease epidemic l.ltienthal — The *e’>*te *»n«et.. ■tergy c immft'-e may reopen h'aring* next week on David E. Li’.ienfhar* appointment as chairman of the atomic < nergy comi mission He may he a*ked to answer a charge that ho took nwe'ftom a private job while working .Turn Tn 2. Cntonkn «> 1947 ¥ * ED V , CROSS v^ J>FUND