Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1947 — Page 1

I XLV. No. 65.

MARSHALL REJECTS CLAIMS BY RUSSIA

Men. Vandenberg jits Proposal Mor Statement I I Describes Democrat proposal Endorsing I Policy As Tragedy '■s>M"-’"" Mar,h ’* V , 8K,.,,.. pr.-i'l-»t Arthur H V"' HLt-ru- <!• *< r> b ‘- < r »" ’ BS. ,<|v proposal by the Detn«»i,ufi»»al committee for a |„ ,ati. -R*-publi<an *tate endorsing President Trtl W 1..M th.. senate that would "are the es bringing foreign policy, inarrly • n, ° P*’ , ' ,l,! ‘ Republican national committee reject It. I fandenlierg Is the leading lie dhan spokesman on foreign as-l n. n the house, meanwhile, chairn Charles A. Eaton of the forn affairs introduced legislation carry out Mr Truman n request aid to bolster Greece and Tttrt aeainst Communism. The bill would authorize an ap .priation of $460,000,660 to ,M> d at the President's discretion I a J 100.060.000 loan from the onstruetion finance corp. The ter amount would be used to rt the program until the ap.priation is passed hy congress, t also would permit the Presi it to detail civilian and military risers to the two nations. Jjton. New Jersey Republican. ,1 he hoped hearings’ on the asure could begin tomorrow. If d they will start ThurMH V li.l. r. .ere told the senate that wished to "get the record on the extent to which ■K S foreign poli.y is bipartisan .aid the P>it that is bipartisan I.tme.i within relatively nar Hl T • ~i ti-an approach, he said, nothing to do" with China most phases of our policy l.ititi America. mH 'V time. I have been satisfied neither." he said M ViiKl.-nberc has given his apto the plan for aiding ■> .... .»>.<! Turkey, provided state fieri- are .mswered satisfa. ■ Horily HHI H - att.oked a proposal made in lett.f troin Gael Sullivan, execu director of the Democratic |M 1 ominittee Sullivan wrote ri..| Gop national . hair asking that the two parties endorsing Mr Trumans HE H Earlier Vandenberg revealed he had received a copy of pro legislation enacting the - ft 00.000.000 aid for |M l:r and Turkey plan He said HH - had not read the final draft declined to reveal when he introduce the bill in th. ns rats alike to respond to own conscience in upproiu h th.- n.-w policy Vandenberg he expected senators to re from yielding their best on the Issue “to the al dictates of any party E It senators yielded to political Ml'tessure he said, the bipartisan policy “would die in re ' onvressional plans call for the I^H house t„ a < t first on the Greek MTurkish aid bill. ■9 A group of senators and con l^™xre«« m en is pressing for clearer Hons of American policy. I I President Winding ; I Up Week's Vacation H p’ 7 Ha. March 18 —(UP) J"'resident Truman, winding up *n ‘he Florida Hu. !,Unnw ’ * day in • Ull ,o<l -y »i'b nothing more HH««X ‘ h ’ n * ®”’ ir <,n “ r * an ‘ tO *’“*■

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Wheat Price Soars Over $3 Mark Today Increase Despite New Restrictions t Chicago, Mar. 18 —CUP)—Wheat went al»ove J.'i for the first time 'in 30 years on the Chicago board | of trade today, then prices turned down shoitly before the market close, dropping the full 10 cent f limit allowed in one day’s trading. The decline in the Chicago market was paralleled in major exchanges at Kansas City and Min--1 neapolis, where wheat futures also were down 10 cents a bushel. At one time during the day. March wheat was up to $3.05. But at prices quoted 45 minutes before the closing. It had droppeo to S2.BC<4 cents a bushel here, as low as it was permitted to go it. : a single day's trading under exi c hange rules. Market sources said that the acI Hon of the board of trade ye-ter-day in demanding increased marg ' Ins for today's trading was rehponsible, in part, for the break. It was the fifth time in the board’s 11-year history that wheat futures had passed the $3 mark. For months, brokers have been hading in March wheat futures • -wheat that has not yet been grown. In rec-ent days, they have found difficulty in getting the as tu.nl wheat to meet the commitments. Trading in March wheat on Is In only five* days, and ns a result of the feverish buying the price has gone steadily upward. The price already has been re fleeted in the price- a housewife n-nst pay for a loaf of bread. In Chicago yesterday the price of most wheat bread went up one cent a loaf. Similar increases were noted elsewhere, last week Not since 1917. during World War I. had wheat futures risen above 13. Wheat first hit the S 3 mark on May 8. 1917. On May 9 the price rose- io |3.07 to $.3.14 The nest day the- price range was 13.08 to $3.16. On May 11. it reached the all-tifne high of $3.25 a bushel. Today’s opening price was the i.ighest since the record was set After trading opened. shorts (traders who are short of actual wheat I found themselves unable to obtain it and bid the price up to »3.«5 a bushel for March delivery. The price rose a» the market opened despite the tightened credit restrictions imjmsed yes Directors of the- board doubled the initial margin requirements on (Turn"t<« Page » Column «» U- — Dr. Harold DeVor Is VFW Commander Decatur Dentist is Elected Last Night t IM-. HanAd V DeVor. focaV dentist and World War II veteran, was named commander of Limber lost post 6238. Veterans of Foreign Wars in the annual election Monday night at the VFW home here. Dr. D*Vor become* the •ocooo commander of the post and sue ceeds Harry Martx of Pleasant Mills, who retires from the ru,l "B post of the organixation formed here a year ago The new commander will he installed at the next meeting on April 7. Chalmer H. DeHolt was renain ed to the position of senior vice commander and Theodore Mann junior vice commander. Bruce Decker was elected quart e rmaster succeeding Carl Gattshall. John DeVoae. Burl John son and Elmer Itarwachter were elected without opposition as post advocate, post surgeon and cb.(> lain, respectively Edward Voglewede was-elected trustee for a three year period All new officers, excepting John ■on and Darwachter. are veterans of World War H. Retiring commander Marta announced that a third district meet | ins will be held in Decatar on

Union Leaders Turn Records To Committee Three UAW Union Officials Avoid Contempt Charge Milwaukee. Wis.. Mar. 18—(l’P> Three local officers of the CIO I’nlted Automobile Workers avoid ed contempt citations today by turning over union records to a con gress lona I sub-com mitt ee. The sulw-ommittee came here from Washington to learn whether two other union strike leaders a' the Allis-Chalmers farm equipment plant pej-jured themselves when they denfed communist as filiations. The subcommittee yesterday - bsued a subpoena, deman-ling to see the union's records. Union officials defied the subpoena on grounds that it "covered too much territory.” Threatened with a contempt citation. however, they turned over the records. Including the strike I fund journal The three union officials involved were Linus Lindberg, recording secretary: Alfred Urdwig. financial secretary, land Daniel D. Sobel, union nttori Iley. Lindberg told Rep. Thomas Owens, IL. 111., yesterday that he did not have time to get the records ready, and said he had been ad vised by Attorney Snbel that the i subcommittee' su'opena was too broad in its demands. Subpoenas were issued today I for Fred B. Blair, state chairman Inf the Wisconsin communist parity: Owen N. Lambert, formw for the state assembly, j and Sigmund G. Eisensi her. Mil j waukee county chairman of the party, and candidate for governor last year. The sub-committee, composed of Owens. Seps Charles J. Kersten. R„ Wls. chairman, and John Kennedy. D.. Mass., want the records to help determine whether there Is any evidence on which to I 1 “ (Turn Tn I’.vg" «. Column 3>

Robert J. Holthouse Heads Decatur C. C. Druggist Elected President Monday i Rolcert J. Holthouse. local drug i glut nerving hia flrat term on the board of director* of the organ!- ! ration, in the new preaident of the I Decatur Chamber of Commerce. .Mr. Holthouse wan named to the position in the annual election held hy the board of director* at a meeting Monday in the C. of C. offices on Houth Second afreet. C. I. Finlayson. also a new member of the board, wan elect ed vice president and Kenneth Kunyon was named secretarytreasurer. Clarence Ziner ia the retiring president. Herman H Krueckeberg the retiring vice president and John Halterman the retiring secre-tary-treasurer. All remain on the board of directors. The board accepted the resigna tion of Pawl J McFaul as executive secretary of the Chamber, effective as of April 7. but did not | name a successor during the meetI »««• A special meeting of the board will l»e called In the near future to outline a program and select committee* for the various por tions of the program, the new president announced Member* of the board of di rectors, besides those previously mentioned are: Lester C. Pettibone. Carl C. Pumphrey and Charles D. Ehinger 0 — VA Representative Here Next Friday William F- Boyce, veteran's ad

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 18, 1947

Admits Hanging Playmate Jr L fl la ■' tv ALBANY, N. Y., authorities bring Carl De Flumer. 14. into < »urt wheer he admitted killing his 8-year-old playmate. Robert Wahrman (inset*. The. victims nude lusly was found hanging from a tree. Police report De Flumer. who is charged with first degree murder, gives no reason for the slaying.

Seven States Pass Teacher Pay Boosts Bills Pending In Many Legislatures By United Press Seven states, prompted by the demand* of their teachers and the threat of school-closing strikes, have passed laws raising minimum salaries. Increasing retirement benefits, and in some cases granting additional funds for length of service or experience. Similar legislation was killed by two other state legislatures, but bills to raise the pay of teachers still are pending in many othara. States which have passed the pay ln*-r*-ases are Nevada. Idaho. North Dakota. Indiana. New York. Delaware and West Virginia. Spokesmen for teacher organizations have asserted that teachers long have suffered from inadequate pay scales, and that the higher c*»st of living has made their problem acute. The series ot teachers' strikes was climaxed by the recent Buffalo. N Y.. walkout. hi West Virginia, the legislature granted all teachers raises ranging from $36 to S6O per month, depending upon education and experlenc*?. The Increases will coat the state about $18,000,000 per year. Delaware's legislature approved a S4OO annual raise and Gov. Walter Bacan signed it. but the teachers were dissatisfied. They has asked for a SI.OOT increase, and staged a march on the state capital.

In Indiana. Gov. Ralph Gates signer! into law three bills. New salaries for an eight-month school year are >1.600 for teachers with two years of college training. >I.BOO for those with three years, and >2.133 for those with four or five year*. For a nine-month year the scale is >I.BOO. >2.000 and >2.400 Previously there was one basic salary of >1.200. New York’s Gov. Thoma* E Dewey signatured a bill giving teachers an emergency >3OO salary increase and the legislature has passed measures fixing the perma | nent salary schedule at >2.000 to I >5.126 yearly and granting addi tional salary and merit boosts in North Dakota. the iegisla tore raised minimum salaries, In creased retirement benefits and

Founder Os General Motors Dies Today New York. March I* (UP!— W. ('. Durant, who founded the General Moto s Corp, in 19**8. died at his home today after a long illness. Durant, who had been ill since October 1942. died at 2:15 am At his bedside were ills Wife and a nurse. He is survived also by a daughter. Mrs Fitzhugh Green, of New' Cianal*. Conn . _ — —o — Committee Named For Cancer Drive Robert Holthouse County Chairman Robert Holthonse. chairman of the Adams county committee of the Indiana cancer society, has announced his organization for the annual drive for funds to take place during April. Roy Kalver has been named campjign chairman for the city of Decatur, and Thurman Drew. 4-ampalgn < hairman for the remainder of the county. Theodore Grallker is treas urer of the committee Robert Punsky. of Fort Wayne, director of th*- fourth district of the Indiana cancer so<iety. recently selected Mr Holthouse to organize Adams county, which was one of the few remaining counties in the state without a functioning committee. Mr Punsky will be in Decatur soon to address a meeting of those Interested in fighting this dread disease, which is America's second greatest killer. Representatives of various fraternal. educational, religious, and social groupa in the county will be invited to attend this meeting at a place and date to be announced later.

Most of the funds collected for cancer sm-iety are used for editca tional purposes, that is. to acquaint people with the facts altout the disease aud how to recognize symptoms Statistics show that only 15 percent of the people who now develop cancer are saved, according to the medicil profession's knowledge of the disease, if it Is recopniie*! in lisne» 36 to 56 percent should be saved. Os the funds collected. 40 percent will be used by the American cancer society for an educational campaign on a national level and for research purposes. 20 percent will be used by the Indiana society to carry on projects in <gl STh percent will

Rejects Huge Claim For Reparations; Declares Reds Repudiate Pledges

Withhold Comment On MacArthur Plan Some Say General's Plan Is Premature Lake Success. N. V.. March 18 tl’P* I’nlted Nations diplomats aski-d for more information today before commenting on Gen. Dougins MacArthur’s plan to place Jap in under the youthful world organixation. Some felt It was premature. The majority asked two general questions about the supreme allied commander's statement that the Japanese now were ready for a peace treaty and mild I N controls: 1. Does it represent MacArthur’s personal view or the germ of an official plan under consideration in Washington. 2. What kind of UN control does MacArthur contemplate security council supervision, as in the case of the trouble-city of Trieste; policing by the UN's still nonexistent world police force, or UN trusteeship? There was considerable doubt that MacArthur was expressing official United States policy on Japan, particularly because Amerlcm delegate Warren Austin commented that he "had not had time" to study the general's speech and he did not know what kind of UN control was contemplated Some quarters interpreted MacArthur's statement as an expression of American faith in the 15-month-old UN; a move that conceivably could ease the feeling »n the part of some of the diplomats that President Truman by-passed the UN in proposing American intervention in the Greek crisis Some contended, however, that the MacArthur statement could be taken as an indication that the United State., wanted to unload responsibility for policing defeated Japan as soon as possible.

20 Vessels Seeking Twelve Missing Men 22 Crew Members Saved By Rescuers Honolulu. March 18 (UP* A fleet of 20 vessels was sent out ' into the Pacific today to j**in airplanes in a search for 12 missing men who abandoned the broken tanker Fort Itearlwirn in a lifeboat. The navy announced that Mucruiser Tucson and 19 destroyers were assigned to the search. tl*e biggest in the Pacific since the war and reminiscent in scope of 1 the search for Amelia Earhart in I 1937. The hunt was ordered "on our assumption that these 12 men are still adrift." the navy said Com manding the naval expedition was Capt. L. 8 Sabin. Jr., of the TucI son, who will work under the dii ruction of the Hawaiian sea front ier commander. Ten men had been rescued from ] the bow section Friday by a life ■ boat crew of the American Presi dent liner Gen. W. 11. Gordon and were expected to dock in San Fran- . cisco tomorrow Yesterday, a heroic seven man navy lifeboat crew rescued 22 more crew mem(Turn To Page I. Column I) Warn State Traffic Fatalities May Rise Indianapolis. March U —(UP> — Indiana state police warned today that this year's traffic fatalities would poaaibiy be still higher than last year's. » Col Robert Ro-ww. superlntoa

Compromise On Tax Reductions Is Under Study Would Provide More Generous Reduction In Lower Brackets Washington. Mar. 18 —(UP* — House Republican leaders, faced with considerable opposition to a flat 2b percent cut in income taxes, toflay studied a compromise calling for more generous reductions in the lowest pay brackets. Under the plan, the 20 percent slash would be raised to 25 to 30 percent for the smallest taxpay era. One Republican said the compromise would reduce govern nient revenue by about s3,7<M*,(U>o.000 a year Tip- flat 20 percent cut sponsored by chairman Harold Knutson of the ways and Peans committee.* would cost aliout 13J00.000.M0. Knutson's committee, which favors his flat 20 percent cut. agreed to study the modified version vesterday after a meeting with th* Republican steering committee Other congressinnin develop ments: Unification — Secretary of navy Jernes V. Forrestal urge I senator? to approve the administration backed bill for “unification" o' the nation's armed forces. H» said unification will give till country the means to back up • “firm foreign policy" and prepar for “modern warfare." He sab* rnlfication would not provide an* great economies in peacetime: only In time of war. Communists Rep Edward J Rees. R . Kan., called on the civl' servlie commission anew to dis < harge government employes of doubtful loyalty The supremr court yesterday armed the govern nient with power to discharge such employes Rees charged

that communist sympathiser* have been able to get key federal job- because of “complete Indlf ference" by responsible govern ment officials.Housing—Sen. Robert A. Taft It, <).. raid the government even tnally should spend about SI.AM. oon.ooo a year on “social welfare” programs such as housing health and education He testified In support of a long term housing bill he Ims introduced with two Demo cratic senators. Controls — Housing expediter Frank R Creadon urged congress to continue controls on new housing as well a* rent*. A pending fTnrn Tn Psr** * Crtltimn 4> ft. Monmouth Student Is Injured Monday Charles Rhodes Is Hurt During Game The condition of Charle* Rhode* IS. Monmouth high school student injured late Monday, was report ed as improved this afternoon Rhodes has been confined in the Adam* county memorial hoepital here since he sustained a head injury Monday afternoon His attending physician stated late this afternoon that the boy sustained a brain concussion, bat that he had regained consciousnee* The lad was reported to have been playing a game of later class basketball in the Monmouth high school gymnasium when he

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Charges Soviet Is Retreating From Pledges Given At Potsdam And Yalta Moscow, March 18 —(I PlSecretary of state George <’ Marshall tonight rejected Russlana claim for IIO.tHMHHM' ,(»«»«> < II» In German reparations and charged that ft e Soviet was retreating from ;its pl-, i.ges a* Potsdam and Yalta Marshall challenged foreign ■ minister V. M Molotov In the starpI est exchange of the big four conference He aroerted that Molotov had falsely accused the United States of having received slo,ool* i*m*(mo* in reparations through the seizure of German patents worth that amount The United States. Marshall Informed Molotov, will not follow him in a retreat from the pledges of the Potsdam and Yalta conferences. Marshall called upon Rnsoia to make known to the United States what German scientific and technological information the Russians bad acquire*) in the eastern zone ot Germany. He said that the United States had published to the world Information It had picked up in Germany. The Marshall statement was made to the foreign ministers gathering after foieigu minister Georges Bidauit of France had sharply split the big four Intn three conflicting camps with a statement of France's position on Germany which differed radically tom that ot either Russia or the Anglo-Ameri-cans. Mar*hall‘i« challenge highlighted he split between Russia and th** 'nited States as to the meaning »f understandings arrived at the I’alta conference Molotov contends that President loosevelt agreed at Yalta that a >asic figure of $20,000,006,000 lie ■mployi-d for discussion of Gernau reparations with Russia entitled to $10,000,600,006 of the total However. I*oth President Truman.- former secretary *of state James F Byrnes and now- Mat shall claim that the Yalta reparation* protocol was “preliminary" and that the Potsdam agreement euperseded the Yalta understanding The British point out thad. in any event, they never agreed to the Roose<elt Stalin ptotocol on reparations. "The position of the United States regarding reparations is that the agreement at Potsdam superseded the preliminary agreement previously leached at Yalta." Marshall suid , Marshall was stirred up hy a set les of < liarges by Molotov, all designed to show that the United States and Great Britain, while oppiming the Soviet reparations plan, themselves had l<eeti receiving vast reparations from Owrßtany. Ridault's strong statement left the big four in three connicting tamps with Russia. Britain and America and France at complete odds as to Germany'* fate The conference failed to produce any change In France’s bltterettd insistence that it would approve no big four d»- alon which left Germany with the military potential once again to threaten th** . French frontier | Bidauit said flatly that France would consider no proposal for the economic unity of Ge: many until and unless the Haar was incorporated Into France's economic 1 and monetary spere. Should that be dong, he said, France held no tinal objection to economic unification, including unification of the Ruhr and the Rhineland with Germany. But on th* subject German industrial production — which both Russia and the Anglo-Americana desire to increase - Bidauit was flatly opposed $* hie coileaguee. ( citing the possible future dangers vi any rebuilding of the Retch's tnduatiUil catNM'tty He sided with Reuern *m tbs