Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1947 — Page 1

KTxLV. No. 51.

Necessity Os Biding Greece faced By U.S. ! ■ I Risk Upheaval Os Geeek Government Unless Aid Given ■ H .ohllU'" 11 M “ r<h ’ v '’J’! faced the choice K ,f providing In ■X ,; r risking a Crert ■?/ ...| tnai might loose 3 —-P " ir *'" Bh ration leaders estlmat cost at leant that much ■ .... <;>•. •• th- urgently need- ■ \ :n .,n<>al help which Britain m) by economic troubles of <an no looser afford ■ -.... , .on w.is up t<> congress ■j./.h.-r.. «... .. prompt bipartisan |U . t<, provide the money be-1 r , it wan too late. K .lent Truman would not din ■ BS , the matter at bin newtt con- . ■ v-t. ..lay but he watt said ■| ( -,, | th .' Hti’ish military ton es | H. lr must remain there at I ■ |n ,<>ms t.. prevent an upheaval] ■ hj . iniKht h > v “ ,JirP consequences | th,- western democracies Thin Mrtortedly •»< the substance of Hrhit Mr Truinan told congreslaiial leaders in a hush hush House conference earlier ■ ki< week ■ American representatives in 1;.,, have I sending word ■j, . without the bolstering influ H h . sot B.it.-ii troops the present H Creek goiernine.it would fall and I H lh, ,mha|.|o Mediterranean conn I ■ |rr would lie ripe for civil war I H In the event of a revolution, it heheied almost certain that ■)... u’limumsts would seize pow with the possibility that com..nd Hiishkii influence expand through the middle to ■ Mindful of warnings that an up in Greece might loose a irnniii'i -».ep through the mid ....ji.-stiu-n said It was 1 that tin- money be provid ijuckh so British occupation) can continue to sitp|>ort ■b shah-- <;r. ek roverntnenf Some however that V S line ■ other congressional develop ■ Labor CIO leaders of the Allis ■('(Ulmers strike charged that the ■company had thrown up “the ■•mokes. re< n of < ommunlsm" to ■hide an arrogant determination" ■lot ;o bargain Robert Base and ■Harold I'hrisioffei, president and ■chairman resjiei tively of local 24*. ■ I’nited Automobile Workers tCIOi, ■ made the accusation before the] ■ house labor lommittee. whl< h has ■ heard the company accuse the| ■ anion of communist sympathies ■ Atomic despite an initial senate ■ aethatk President Truman still ■ •a< determined to go down ‘the I line for Gordon R. Calpp and I l>avid E Lilienthal. Clapp's ap I as < hairman of the TenI a--s.ee Valley authority was reI )*<ted 7-5 by a senate committee. I Foes (1 f Lihenthal saw this as I fornhadowing defeat of his noml I nation to head the atomic energy I «>mmi*sion Rut Mr Truman said I h» would do all in his power to win ’hl'roval Os Clapp'S nomination by I 'be fall senate Budget Republican plana to I ««"• by 20 percent I **t" again threatened RepubllI leMred 11 n ’* Bh ‘ no * •* Pos--1’,., to rut President Truman's L. SOo.iamwm budget as much as I '*i*inally hoped because of add! money which may be 'Tarn To Page I. Column l) ~ College Choir Here On Sunday, March 9 luJ r n .“ XWt a choir of I • wNch |wm W * rt * WMU * rt tour March 8. I JL “ •* , * r *« “» «<"red I RetH ,h * zton E * ,n <*l*«*l and I ‘ v'/T » h " rrl ‘ 1,1 l * c «‘»r at I •does Sunday evening. March I fir?*-.** wnl »*»r I uTrsl’? ° f th * ,O * r “ Fort I — n *' WlUon to ,h *‘ chorus I ' ' he will include IV- IKW 7*"* yOC “‘ • OS ‘* Th, ‘ I M til L* college aMe,k -‘ Harmed WCATHCR UUI *•* «• ; ***••• twe lweMe oteeam X? to f. meM.

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16-Months-Old a Girl Is Burned To Death Washington. March 1— (VPj — ■ Delores Marie Moffitt. Id months, died yesterday of third-degree burns. The baby's mother. Mrs.] Lloyd Moffitt, said her clothing was ablaze when she entered a ] room where two other children were playing. ~ * British Army Club Wrecked By Explosion Fear High Number Os Casualties In Jerusalem's Blast Jerusalem. March 1. —fl'PI-A terrific explosion demolished the British army's Goldsmith club In the heart of Jerusalem today, causing an undetermined but apparent ly high number of casualties. Early estimates placed the catallies In the Goldsmith blast at 1 five dead, nine wounded seriously. ' and many persons Injured slightly. First reports gave no indication of the numlter of person* inside the army club at the lime of the explosion. Witnesses said the building was wrecked. (An Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Jerusalem said 151 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage of the club.i The Goldsmith club was on the northern boundary of zone B. one of the four security zones established by the British army in Jerit- ! sale in In the recent cantonization of the city and imposition of virtual martial law A few yards from the club was the Jewish agency's offices All homes in the area of the club were searched by troops who i swarmed into the explosion area, as were the Jewish agency offices. All four wenrity sones were closed suddenly by the army. En i **> and exit was forbidden for all < save those with ironclad creden ■ Hals. Troops quickly cordoned off the explosion area, along King George Avenne in the zone which also contains the King David hotel It was shattered last July by a blast which killed about I<m» persons. Preliminary re|iorts indicated ' that at least 30 |>ersons inside the building were injured. Including three British servicewomen. Windows within 100 yards of the club were shattered Fire broke out in the wreckage, and raged out of control for a time. As it was brought in hand, rescuers extended their search for (Turn Tn Page 3, <‘olun i 3i , p Three Are Dead In Explosion On Ship Seven Injured On Mississippi River New Oilcans. March I —(l'Pt — Hhipidng officials today investigated the cause of a diesel engine explosion aboard the motor, chip Ben Ffoemming that killed three persons and injured seven 1 last night during a trial run down the Mississippi river. The explosion wrecker! the engine room and buckled de< k plates, but the main force of the blast went straight upward, preventing more extensive damage The ship did not spring a leak and was towed safely to a repair berth by five I tug* that were sent to tne scene 18 miles from New Orleans The dead included two Amert- ' cans. Joel W. Moore, who represented the bush - sulzer engine company of St Louie, manufacturer of •he ship's (tower plan:, was the only person who could have given expert advice on the cause of the blast. But he was fatally injured along with a Mr. Chatfield and Luis Perez, of Columbia, third engineer The blast interrupted a leisurely cruise down the Mississippi being made by 22 Ame; leans and 28 Colombians It came right at the time of the evening meal - six pm — —-a- —— Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday The Decatur ministerial aaaoctatloe will meet Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the Moe Kvaagelical and Reformed church Mrs. Louise Brumbewgh. bauC ° f

Wives Greet Honolulu To New’ York Flyers ir a A- - mH? - * »dflld ■■■ - v \ SETTING a 5.000-mile pursuit plane distance record by flying non-stop from Honolulu to laiGuardia field. N. Y„ in 13 hours and 33 minutes. Lt. Col. Robert Thacker (left! and Lt John Ard are greeter! by their wives after landing their Army twin fuselage “Betty Jo" (background) with virtually empty gas tanks.

Former Berne Man Nazi Party Member Lived In Berne Few Months Before War ———• Gustav Muselman. who once resided at Berne, was one of fO.UOO Nazi party members Adolf Hitler ' l.ad working for the fatherland throughout the world, it was made known here today. According to a I'nited Press dispatch received this morning by the Daily Democrat. Muselman's name was one of those contained in two volumes of Nui party membership records —compiled by the war department from documents seized in Germany, and turned over to the senate armed forces committee yesterday by Sen Harley M. Kilgore. D.. W. Va. The new lists includes 880 par-, : ty members who at one time resi le<l and worked in the I'nited States, the dispatch stated, and about the same number were shown to have livisl in Argentina, alleged hot-bed of Naziism in South America Gustav Muselman returned to his native Germany liefore the war—after residing in Berne less than a year, according to reports from that town He had moved there with his wife and family only a few months liefore While there his two children. Gerhard and Gertie, attended the Berne schools, it wan reporte Gerhard, who attended the Betne high school while his family re- ' sided in Berne, wss a casualty ■ while serving with the Nazi forces , during World War 11. The hoy was reported missing and since no word had been re 1 ceived from him it was assumed that he had lost his life. A Berne youth, once a fellow student of 1 Gerhard, corresponded with him < (or a time. This source said that Muselman returned to Germany of his own ■ will, but against the will of the ! rest of his family and that the laiy had expressed his intentions j (Turn Tn P< CnDimii <> O Capone Trailed In Sugar Black Market ! Scarface's Brother Trailed By Agents —- Chicago. March !.—(UP>—Vndercover federal agents are shadowing the older brother of the late scarface Al Capone to see if he heads the nation's multi million dollar black market sugar racket, a federal source disclosed today The source revealed that federal agent* have been trailing ex-con-vict Ralph (Bottles! Capone and his henchmen for several months in an attempt to obtain conclusive evidence against him The disclosure came a few hours. after V. 8. diet atty J. Albert Woll's admission that the investigation of the black market thus far had "only scratched the surface" Forty-three person* most of them suspected of playing only minor roles in the illicit sugar ring, were Indicted here this week. Scores of federal agent* are ear-1 tying on the investigation in cities from California to New Jersey Additional indi.-menls were expected to bo returned here by the FeV ntary federal grand }«n bold over Oft Woil • I

OKLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY,

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March, 1, 1947

Heavy Snowfall Is Forecast In State The city of Decatur was covered with a blanket of snow this morning. In accordance with predictions <>f the weatherman and the snow continued to fail up to a late hour, i Weatherman predicted snowfall of four to six inchce in the central, and north portions of the state. Temperatures here hovered above > the freezing mark throughout most j of the morning and climbed slowly upward. Streets and highways were reported to lie In a slippery and hazardous condition by police authorities o —— t Soong Resigns As Premier Os China — Quits Under Fire On Economic Pion • Nanking. March I—(VP>—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek today assumed the premiership of infla-tlon-ridden China, taking on the duties resigned by his brother-in-law T. V. Soong. In a swift reshuffle of the nation's leadership. Soong stepped out as president of the executive Yuan-the premiership after a stormy session with the legislative Yuan The standing committee of the Kuomingtangs central executive, i-ommittee then appointed the Generalissimo to hold the premiership in addition to his chief po*t of President of Chinese Republic. Chiang formerly held the premeirship. hut turned It over to Soong in May. 1945. There were no changes announced in the cabinet. Soong announced his resigna-] tlon in a hostile legislative Yuan session, then strode from the chamber while members shouted abuse at him. blaming him for the country's inflation. In a 30-minute speech the Harvard educated premier blamed the communists for most of China's economic trouble. “My policies may have lieen wrong but my conscience is clear." | Soong said. He indicated that he considered himself the scapegoat for the country's troubles Soong's resignation marked the first time in 15 years that no member of the so-<al!ed “holy family" held a key government ' position. Madame Chiang KaiShek Is one of Soong's sisters Neifls of Soong's resignation, long sought by business men and political foes, sent ail share* zooming on the Shanghai stock exchange to the “stop trade" ceil-, Ing

ttfev John W. McPbeeters. Jr.. First Presbyterian Church I "THE RIGHT KIND OF FATALISM" Such a subject as "fatalism” only serves to focus our attention upon the truth Our subject does not stand for a moment in the light of our knowledge of God and His revelation of truth through It la not "fatalism" with which we are concerned, but faith. Believing, as we do. In God who la Almighty. All feeing and Ever Present. In His being, wisdom, power, goodness, holiness, justice, and truth, we do not have room in our thinking for "tale.” God is personal Fate Is cold and Impersonal God cares Fates do not care . _ . . certainly we want feai.rwe who cares Therefore choose God. He sent us the truth o< His love and care through His fen Jesus Christ. He care* for us His will for us Is good and pur poeeful. Everything we do In word ami deed We fe foe HI. fe»or _ , - -

Lewis Puts Burden On Mine Operators ' States Willingness To Discuss Contract ] I Washington. Mur 1 — (I P) ’ John L. !x-wi* has broken a i three-month silence to place the ■ I urden for renewed soft coal nei gustations on the government and I the mlr," owners. In a letter to Hen. Homer Cape hart, R., fnd., the mine workers’ Imiss said he had been ready and willing to negotiate a new agreement since Dec. 7—lhe day he i called off the last walkout. ‘ But, Lewis said, neither the | government nor the coal operators have made any ""overtures" an I , the start of renewed negotiations i "depends solely upon” them. The Lewis letter was in answer to a series of written qm-stion* r>om Cam-hart It came just 3<» days before the next posrible soft noal strike and two days before: the supreme court wa- expected | to act on the government's contempt of court case against la-wis at.<l hit i'nited Mine Workers I (AFLI. Meanwhile. It was disclosed, the government has prepared a series of alternative plans to avert a strike of 4(Hi,(mo sof' coal miners ' threatened by Lewis for midnight. March 31. An official said the plans, all of - which depend on the high court s '• decision. Include returning the mines to private ownership and a ' formal government invitation to ] the miners and the operators to | get together for new contract talks Capebart made public the exchange of letters as he demanded a senate Invesitgation to find out whv the union, the mine owners and the government have failed | to get together for a new contract, i Capehart said he had written l>oth Lewis and secretary of interior J A. Krug, the govern ) ment's operator of the seized coal mines, asking four questions Krug, now on a Sooth Pacific I tour, has, not yet replied. ' Ix-wis answered as follows: 1 He said the government has : taken no action to return the mine* to private ownership 2. He t ecalled his previously announced willingness to negoti i ate a new contract with “either the government or the associated coal operators" but said that no ' evertifes have been received by the union from any direction. 3. He said the mine union's controversial health and welfare fund totaled 113.472.848 as of Feb ! and that no disbursements have made from It during the nine i months of operation for any purI pose. (Tutw Tn Paa* Caliimn V —

Four Teams Will Battle Today For Tourney Title As Sectional Near Climax

14 Army Crewmen Rescued In North Civilian Pilots In Daring Rescue Fort Richardson. Alaska. Mar. 1 ‘ —ii'l*t Fourteen crewmen of a B-29 which crushed while searching for a missing superfortress were rescued from the snowy wastelands near Bristol Bay by three daring civilian pilots, the Alaska air command announced today. In the second dramatic Arctic resi ue within a week of stranded , i B-29 airmen, the 14 army men j , were snatched from a barren, ice i iind snow-i hoked flatland lietween. Anchorage and Dillingham. Alaska, by three civilians each flying 1 his own tiny plane. All of the rescued fliers were | brought to safety last night Seven were hospitalized. The nature ,of their injuries was not disclosed. The Alaska air command originally said there were 15 alioard. ] hut accounted for only 14 in its ■ escue report and made no mention of a 15th man The B-29 crashed yesterday ' near Naknek. Alaska, on the rim of icy Bristol Bay while seeking another B 29 which has been missing since Monday with 13 crewmen alioa rd A pilot for Peterson Airways service at Anchorage on a routine flight from Billingham to Anchorgge spotted the B-29 yesterday just as the crew began bailing ott. He watched them dear the ship, one by one. Then, the massive superfort dove toward the i.now covered ground, ft crashed j with a tremendous explosion “It looked like an atomic Iwmb." . 1 reported the pilot, identified only as "Tousi-h “ Tousch landed at Anchorage and told of the crash. Three civilians — Dennl* Fennell. Bill Smith and Myron Moran, all veterans of Arctic flying—took off In thdr small planes and found the crashed superfortress. They unild see the crew members on the snow. They nursed their tiny craft to safe landings, took aboard the 14 army men. an I f'.ew them to safety. In was an operation temlnlscent of last Monday's Greenland rescue mission by a young army “’(Turn To Page 3. Column It . . • Young Wife Relates Slaying Os Husband Killed To Prevent Attack On Sister Indianapolis. Mar. I — (I’l*l —, A 3t»-yeai-old housewife told police today she killed her husband with a hatchet because he threatened to attack her 15-year-old •ister. The Isuly of James* Eidson, 37. was found in the liedroom of the couple's by police this morning A deputy coroner said he died of blows from the axe which cut an eight-inch gash across the lower throat ami upp»r chest and cut his chin and shoulder. His blonde wife. Marion Esther Eidson, said he threatened her with a butcher knife and then attempted to criminally attack her sister. Frances Mrs. Eidson was charged with murder "I ran into the next room and got a hatchet and hit him with the : hammer head of it." Mrs. Eidson told ietectives Fae Davis and Roliert Reilly. "I remember bitting him many times. I might have hit him with the sharp end of the hafchwt.” she said Detectives Davis and Reilly said authorities wote called to tbehome about 2 a. m. on the report of a fight. They found Eidsons body sprawled ou the oiood splattered lieilroom floor Mrs Eidson, her a'atwr. and the lOds»n's ll montbold buby daughter who slept through tbe whole Ihcileat. were is a dowutatr* apartment Police .aid Mrs Eidson told them that bnr husband as mb>| ptoye of tbe cMy part department blunt* *

Group Os GOP House Members In Rebellion r Threaten To Buck Party Lines Over Gates Amendments Indianapolis, March 1 —(1 B) A reliellion by bouse Republicans over pay Increases to Indiana school teachers today threatened to I dwarf this week's slugfest with | governor Gates over his divorce lof liquor and polilics A bloc of southern GOP lepresentat Ives threatened to buck party lines to prevent passage of the en,tlre pay increase piogram If ad- 1 : ministration • approved amendments were not stricken from the , bills As amended under orders from ] Gates, the ineasurus would re- , tain the agreed upon pay hikes. : but wquld seek the needed funds : through a miminum 27 cents per 1100 hike in property taxes. Yesterday, the hoUM passed a bill that would incrSMa the maximum combined levy for the school revenue fund from 31.50 to 12.50 , Southern Reptildica.is pointed: out that In a writ’en statement two week* ago Gates said the pay increases would be met "with only the enactment of the th «e • lents a-package inc: ease dgaret tax." “Now. he's backing down and Is trying to transfer the burden to the property owners," »aid a !•<-. Islator. "He won't get away with it We >in southern Indiana will never he : able to raise our necessary skate of teachers' pay through propelty taxes,' the lawmaker said Thia development today followed I a doulile . barreled attack yesterday on the powerful house ways and means committee. In which one repiesentative tried unsuccessfully to blast the hills embracing th>* teachers' program out of the committee The senate, in an angry mood, demanded in a formal resolution that the house, particularly the ways and means committee, stop '"stalling" on the biennial budget and hurry It through so the uppe. | house would have "adequate time" to study It during the waning days of the session. A throat of a special session was] 'made by a senator who charged j that Rep. Jewe Andrew's ways and means committee was " purposefully delaying" the flscil bill “If we don't have time to »tudy it." said Sen Clyde Black. R.. Loganaport. "wo can always have a sptwlal session, you know.” The house received a formal :es(Turn To l , .is« i I'otunin *) <• Order Investigation Os Board Os Trade Trading Reports Os Merchants Ordered Chicago. Mar I—tUPt Trad era in wheat futures, which have skyrocketed to record price levels, said today they believed the gov rrnmenCa investigation into the . Chicago board of trade was under > taken just “to make sure nothing s out of line " The investigation, ordered by; the commodity exchange author I ity. called for trading reports ) from futures commission merchants covering accounts of all trad era having open accounts in wheat futures through the close of business yesterday. A government official at Wash- . ington denied that the order was connected with a 10-cent rise In the wheat market yesterday which •ent tbe March price soaring to 92.53 a bushel—a new high since ! 1M» "Wo are curious to see the I makeup of open contracts in wboat." tbe official aaM He add-> ed that tbe order, requiring information on holding* only aad:j not requiring data on priroa. bad if J been planned for several days , J. O McC'.lsgkK HwMrtt efU

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Jefferson To Play Kirkland; Berne To Clash With Monroe In Semi-Finals Jefferson vs Kirkland' Borne vs Monroe* That** the lineup for semi-flnalff of the Decatur se<tional tournament. with the Warriors and Kangaroos battling in the first clash at 115 o'clock this afternoon, followed by the'Bears and Bearitatz. It will be defending champions, the Berne Bears, sectional winners for the past two years, with three : rather unexpected entries in th» afternoon's battles to determine who will enter the title scrap tonight at 8:15 o'clock. The Jefferson Warrior* staged a fourth-quarter uprising to edgo out the Geneva Cardinals. 38 Io 37; the Kirkland Kangaroos withstood a last la-rlod surge by a i mumps-weakened county champion 'to score a 36 to 34 triumph; the I Berne Bears i-ame from behind tn , the closing seconds to nose out I the Hartford Gorillas. 39 to 37. in a heart stopper and the Monroe Bearkatz were out )n front tho entire last half to eliminate tho Decatur Yellow Jackets. 35 to 30, Jefferson Win* In the first Friday afternoon game tlie Jefferson Warriors scored a thrilling upset victory i over the Geneva Cardinals. 38-37. [ coming from liehind during tho i final quarter They led 6-4 at tho first quarter, trailed 16 19 at the midway mark and were still be--1 hind at the end of the third period, , 24-32 In fact, with four minutes lof the game left they tagged behind at 32 27 A bm-ket by Miller made It 34-37 Hill hit from out. , and it was 36-37 and then ho dribbled around his man to lay up the final liasket and chalk up the ofie-|ioint margin Miller with 13 points and Hill with nine paced the Liechty- ‘ coached lads They were able to hold down all but I. Stanley and Mathys from the Cardinal quintet. Stanley racked up 12 points and Mathys amassed a nice 16-polnt total before he left via the personal foul route in the < losing minutes Kangaroo* Victor* The 36-84 vii-tory of the Kirkland Kangaroos in the second afternoon game could hardly lie clasaed as an Upset since tile MonillOUtll Eagles were playing w ithout the service. of Getting -confined to his hom<> with the mumps But the Eagles were pre-tourney favorites to cop the game and |>erhap. the sectional championship, itself before they lost (letting Except for the first few minuter* the Eagles were actually never in the race, until the Am test was nearly over They trailed 3 4 at the quarter. 13-19 at the half and 21 29 at the beginning of the final frame With three minutes to go they trailed 27-34. narrowed the gap to 31-34, fell hack 3136 liefore creeping up to the final 34. 36 margin Troxel and latndia paced the winners with II markers each Gallmever led the hapless Eagles with 10 markers, followed by Krttetzmatin and Ewell with, nine and eight markers. re.|ie< lively Berne Rally Win* The Hartford Gorillas threw up a pretty tough defense and with » I little better luck in the dosing I minutes would have scored the biggest upset of the tourney only to see the Berne Bears come through to a 39 to 37 victory in th,- Friday night opener It was a rugged battle all tho way The team* were tied at 8-8 at the end of the first quarter, Hartford led at the half, IN to 17. and Berne came track to take a 2S to 21 margin at the end of the third i period Hartford really put on the presj sure with the opening of the final quarter and counted 1« points in the first two minutes while bidding Berne helpless to put this Gorillas on top by six point* at 3! to 25 The Hears kept pecking away at Ibis lead. and. with omv iTnrn Tn Pag. *, Column 11