Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1947 — Page 1

XLV. No. 71.

S .||rshall In i ■w Plan On ’llrman Treaty ii™lagHßßßß|M » -■— —■""' | I Broposes German Not Be | Jequ’ re£ l To s’9 n 8M... r-h s ‘ , ‘- Mart-hall [9 -I 'hat neither the | nor G-rtnan I'Miii’-'i to sign a - difti< "Ulties of Or treaty '•3w.!M War I Marshall pro- ■ ts • ' in-' that be avoid the American \f,ishall proposed that j V.«S„.. ..- ...I. tuition <ontain a dearly providing that . BZL '" i: l ' oii'tit'ition be .iibj.it to and accord „ *‘ ,h ,l "' <*e'Uement." ■ A u , he .oiu hided that the Ger p ohle a whole, and not I -Mtulal Olles or parties. would f, .r the peace > K., I 'iiini-ter Georges ■HI- c it>> •! Mar-hulls pro ||' ■ . ,-.ni.ible, acceptable H Mln-L '-r-iuli retary Ernest expressed about its | aspec ts K (oreign minister V M opposed the plan, conth. be signed B ♦ h “ t"'eminent beotherwise the treaty would K meeting of the Big Four Kw a twod-y recess was devoted to disc ihhloii of how to with drafting of the E HEe I'st division came over with Russia and France ■ Hr. t. .u..| I’.r.t; h opposing that - h,rul agreement Iran should he added to the! IS states which are not in ■ Mfi"'' and whic h were invited to ■ fluent their views in January at meeting in Imndon I insisted that all na which declared war on Ger- ■ A.v should have the right to ipate "in some degree at all .■ ■' .11 the preparation of the treaty ■ • u'c.c'ulone.l a weeks long ■ stand on the AusIW" "" u,v today and without ■ began horse trading on in ,» ■ei.cl. ' . th. SoV et deputy S the other Big Four I H|Bnti.- tor Vt-tria by accepting th< position of the 8^B b ' r " ! "’*' rs "" several here b "et y contested points in j ■>" d \ i-trian settlement Et My 4 "-•••II"..' of til.- deputies pre HjMn.cp. to resumption of the for ministers' formal sessions MIW f ■' weekend recess. Gusev To allow Austria to maintain j H Barmy of SS.ihhi troops He preinsisted on kb'.bOO. ■3ft T " rHminate all reference to and accept the less in word "Nazi." preferred by Americans and British iHw T " a,, rp’ two long technical and literary Items JffiSsr Toao-pt an Anglo American □HW |,r, "" IM ' an article which B*' IU ” } 1 “'b‘d for dissolution of organizations and made for Austria to pro P" I ,r "l>aganda hostile to anv KE . To insert a clause in the MW" 4 ') section under which an ~r|‘ a n " f 'he United ■WB " w,,,,1d 'b termine what are i destruction weapons. J B Of ching August I B«ot 1$ Forecast ind Minh cfl’c j^^MMcaria« M>|f.pr<M laimed wea made his annual MM™« forecast today and Baid could expect scorching Purcell, who predicts weaj|Ly.b,r months ahead by studying t>t>ring the first three days BH ’ rin< ’•W 'he first fire weeks umtnc-r would be "variable," »'bL ‘' '•mperatures on July 4 Ok. “"’J' “"’•Uy hot b* about the last two " ‘-ttsast. Farce!! aaM. WtATHtii 1 Lr* r *' / e ‘*»*y «M eetder F' ***• • »tw «Mtw slur- '*• sertrcm. Gwrelly

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Retail Food Prices Show Slight Drop Washington. Mar. 25 —(UP) — The bureau of labor statistics reported today that retaii food prices dropped o.K percent from Jan. 15 to Feb. 15. Despite the drop, the price index on Feb. 15 was 95 percent above August. 1939. 31 percent above a year ago, and only three percent below the alltime high of last December. O Russia Uses Veto Power To . Kill UN Act

Invokes Veto Power To Nullify Council Action On Albonia !.ake Success, N. V., March 25. —(UP)—Russia used the United Nations veto power for the first time in half a year today to kill a security council decision aimed at Albania. Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko resorted to the aecurity council veto on thia first anniversary of the council's transfer to the United States, scrapping a resolution which would have found Albania guilty of “knowing" about mines which killed 44 British seamen last Oct. 22 In the Corfu Channel. The resolution, supported by the required majority of seven countries, also would have obligated Albania and Britain to negotiate a private settlement “satisfactory" to both or come back to the security council if they found it impossible. It was Russia's 10th use of the big five veto power to kill council action. The last time was on Hept. 20. when Gromyko defeated an American proposal for a border commission to investigate trouble in the Balkans. When a similar American proposal came up for a vote during a new debate on Balkan friction later last year. Gromyko abstained from voting so the commission could be established. Poland Syria, which Joined Gromyko in arguing against the British case, abstained in today’s final vote. Gromyko’s action nullified the affirmative votes of the United States. France. China. Australia. Brazil. Belgium and Colombia Britain refrained from voting because she was a’party to the dispute. Britain, charging Albania with “a crime against humanity" in laying the minefields, agreed to accept some American and French amendments which changed the resolution to one finding that the mines could not have been sown “without the knowledge of the Albanian government." It also would have kept the dispute on the council’s agenda until settled and condemned the laying of mines in peacetime “without notification" as an "offense against humanity.” The bubble of early disarma(Turn To Pag* 5, Column 4> ' ■ 0 ——

Tax Reduction Bill To House Wednesday Republicans Insist On Income Tax Cut Washington. March 25.—(UP» — The Republican majority of the house ways and means committee said today that personal income taxes can be cut ♦3,R4ff.fififi.fififf this year and still leave enough money to reduce the national debt by ♦3.ttM>.oOo.ovu in fiscal 1948. The Democratic minority az - cused the Republicans of Mcrifiring “sound fiscal policy for "political expediency They said a balanced budget and debt reduction should »>e given priority over tax cutting. • The rules committee gave the ways and means committee clearance to bring the taz bill up for house consideration tomorrow under a rule that no amendment may be offered eicept one that has the committee approval. The rule* committee alloted six hours of do bate on the MH snd one on the rule The 4H»t* views on U*e tax debt reduction situation were set forth tn a formal report filed by the commitee M asp port of iMudation to eat income U-J V £

Sweeping New Labor Control Bill Drafted Would Deny Wagner Act Rights To Red Dominated Unions Washington. March 25 —(UP)— The house labor committee staff has drafted a sweeping labor control bill which would d*ny Wagner Act rights to Communist-dominated unions. It was learned today. The tentative draft of the bill, tailed the “labor • management peace act of 1947,” was prepared for committee discussion under the direction of chairman Fred A. Hartley. Jr.. It., N. J. It would: 1. Break up industry wide bargaining by forbidding the certification of a single bargaining agent for two or more competing employers. 2. Withhold Wagner Act rights from unions striking for a closed whop. Voluntary closed shop agreements would still Im* itermisslble. 3 Permit the attorney genetal to apply to U. S. district courts for Injuctions against strikes that imperil the public health and safety. 4. Provide for 20 to 30 day cooling off periodo before strikes or lockouts can take place on a dispute over an existing contract. The cooling off period is not provided In u dispute in which a new contract is under consideration. The bill was prepared only as a basin for discussion and many of the controversial sections may not lie approved by the full committee. No member is Itound by its provisions until it and other proposals have been voted upon. A major provision would forbid the national labor relations board to certify as a collective bargaining agetit any union when “one or more” of its officers “is a meml*er of the Communiat party ot who by reason of active and consistent promotion or support of the poHciM, teachings uml doctrines of the Communist party can reasonably be regarded as belonging to m affiliated with such party. The measure would place labor unions under the provisions of the Sherman anti-trust act. But it would forbid federal courts to issue injuctions under that law in any dispute that arouse out of “term* and conditions" of employment Industiywide bargaining would be permitted for plants only 50 miles apart and with leas than 100 employes each In addition. local untoiM would be permitted to affiliate with a national organization providing that the terms of their bargaining "are hot subject (Turn T<> Pag* 4 ’’olumn 5) 0 ,

Form Chapter Here Os Cancer Society — District Director Speaks At Meeting An Adams county chapter of the American Cancer society wae organized last night at a meeting of nearly 50 interested peisone at lhe Elks home. Representatives of many of the county's fraternal und ' octal groups were present to hear Robert Funsky of Fort Wayne, (fourth district director of the eo< I iety, tell the story of the formation of the organization and the work it is doing. A set of by-laws for the Adams county chapter was adopted and the hoard of directors for the coming year was announced. They consist of RolM*rt Holthouae. chaitman; Dr. Ben Duke, president- of the county medical association, first vice chairman; Mrs. Roy Kalver. second vice chairman; Mrs. C. I Finlayson, secretary. <Theodore Graliket. treasurer; Dick Heller, publicity. An advisory lM»ard representing various phases of community life and activity was also named They are: John Carroll. M D-. Dr. H. V. Devor. D. D. 8.. Myron Habegger. M D.. Bev. J. W. McPheetets. Mrs. James M. Burk. Roy Kalver. Max Schafer. Mrs. Clifton Sprunger Earl Ftthdhan Mn» Raymond Kohne. Thurmaff Drew. An Interesting motion picture. "Time to Ufa." was shown. This film «t«Phicany bow. if cancer is detected early Ilves can bs saved One of the principal func lions of tte caacer society » do*stminata Informatloe concerning the symptoms of ths disease Boy Kslvsc. city camp.Hw man MIMI lUilFiiiim IMWw. • wawij

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 25, 1947

Charged With Hatchet Murder I BP a rn it ’klA - -s' 4 *' t 'w fv gr -'* i MJ ' ■ B'. 1 r Jm * Bb, A* -' i LEAVING a Detroit court. Louis V. Thompson (foreground!, wealthy automobile dealer, and his second wife, have been served murder warrants in connection with the sadistic 1945 slaying of his first wife, Mrs. Lydia Thompson. 'The warrants, signed l»y Grand Juror Judge George B. Murphy, charge the couple, now in Jail, with the murder and a 10-monlh conspiracy to kill.

Springtime Storm Disrupts Transport Millions Os Damage Reported In State — By United Press A springtime storm disrupted j transportation from Michigan to I Massachusetts today tossing up snow, fog und fifi-mile an hour winds. Three persons—two Tennesseans and a Pittsburgh motorist—were electrocuted by fallen wit**s knocked down by the high winds 1 I The gales catapulted out nf the storm area left a trail ot splintered telephone poles from Missouri to Atlanta. Gs. Planes were grounded hy snow, at Detroit and by fog in New Eng-1 1 land. Advancing in front of the snow fall, high winds roared eastward Into Pennsylvania and New York state. The snowfall extended from | lower Michigan southward into central Ohio. Gladwin. Mich., reported six inches of snow. By tonight the storm threatened to dump four to' five inches of snow on Detroit,! Toledo. Buffalo. Cleveland and, other eastern cities fronting on the Great laikes. Airports were closed also at Cleveland. Cleveland today reported gusts of wind close to 55 miles an hour. Gusts of wind at fit) miles per hour were reported blowing down the streets of Goshen. Ind., and Toledo. O. Buffalo. N. Y. was directly in the path of the strong winds as they moved eastward. Lashes State Indianapolis, March 25 (UPI Authorities estimated today that “millions of dollars" in damage j was caused by a fifi-inile-an-hoitr windstorm which lashed central and northern Indiana last night The storm, which weather of ficials said reached even 70 miles an hour in some upstate areas, ripped miles of electric wire from power poles, smashed windows, caved in buildings and tore lose a theater marquee in downtown Indianapolis. Many areas were pitched into darkness as the wind, accompanied by ice and snow, tore down lines and caused numerous short circuits. At Shelbyville a power fail ure delayed publication of the morning Hhelbyvlße Republican for more than six hours In Indianapolis, the prominent Marott apartment hotel in the city'a northern residential area was plunged into darkness for an hour The marquee of Loew's theater in the capital city busl new district dropped to within flve feet of the sidewalk when hich wiwds snapped a maul hPBM. { No om was injured, althoegh sevthe •fnOt

BULLETIN Washington, March 25.— (UP) —Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, army chief of staff, said today that in his opinion "there is no immediate danger of a deliberately provoked war.” No nation in the world can afford a war now, he said in a talk to the National Press Club. Nationwide Phone 11 Strike Is Called Government Seeks To Prevent Strike Washington. March 25. Il’l’t | The government stepped In today i to avert the nationwide te|eph<mef . strike threatened for April 7 Assistant secretary of labor John W. Gibson scheduled conferences with telephone company officials after the policy committee of the National Federation of Telephone | Workers UND I voted unanimously to call 325.fifi0 telephone work--1 ers from their jobs at B:<wr a m.. April 7. The union committee said it« ! action was necessary to support demands for a ♦l2-weekly pay boost and improved working conditions Gibson will fly to New York later today to confer with American telephone and telegraph company officials. He headed the government efforts which resulted In settlement of last years threatened telephone walkout a hare 25 minutes before the strike deadline. The union's policy committee Instniried president JoseplF Beirne to invite" A T 4 T officials once □ gain to bargain with the union on a national basis "not later I than April 1." Bieni* sent the invitation last night and will report j back to the policy committee with the company's reply this afternoon. The union said the company had Insisted on bargaining at local levels instead of nationally. Offer To Arbitral* Chicago. March 25-(UP)-Two strike -threatened telephone companics. The Illinois Bril and the Wisconsin Telephone Co. have offered to submit their wage con troversies to arbitrators to avoid j disrupted service to customers. The Illinois Bell Telephone Co. through Its president G. K Mc-j Corkie. offered to accept arbitra 1 tion "to avoid a telephone strike i (Turn Tn >’«<• Column <> O -- Parent Funeral Rites On Thursday Morning Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Woehoker Parent, fzwuter Decatur teeldeni, who died Sunday MchL will be held at »:M bjb Tberaday at the resMeace. M 3 East WesbkMr too beelevart. Fwt Wsyn*. .14 at I 10 o'clock et •' Gaihvlb’.

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Winter In Sudden Return To Decatur Electric Utility Damage Reported Decatur and community was recovering today from a stagggerlng blow delivered last night by “old man winter" in what seemed to be a last attack by the old fellow before howing out to spring. Roaring, cyclonlc-llke winds lashed the community throughout the night and today, pasting a medium snowfall against buildings, autos anti on streets, walks and highways. Most unusual of all wa« the approximate 30-degree drop In the temperature that suddenly changed the spring like weather to a blizzardy. blinding snowstorm that almost entirely halted vehicular and pedestraln traffic. Monday afternoon. residents shed topcoats and fur coats and in some Instances appeared on the streets in shirt sleeves, as the mercury for the second consecutive day zoomed to the fin’s. Suddenly last evening in the midst of an ordinary spring rainfall. accompanied by rumbling thunder, the wind started climbing to a high velocity and liefore the night was far along the city was once again in the grip of a blizzard Damage la Heavy Although authentic reports were unavailable at an early hour today. it is known that the storm damage will run high Many trees were blown over, limbs were torn down, utility poles were snapped und utility lines were carried to the gfound. While Charles D Khinger. Citizens Telephone company manager, reported a light loss to lines of that company, and damages which could all be repaired before the close of the day. the city light depjrtment reported an entirely different picture. l-ester C. Petibone. department superintendent, said that scores of poles and lines were down, disrupting service in various areas served hy the local utility. Service in some area* of the city was disrupted for short intervals twice early last evening, but Mr I’ettilmne reported this was due to mechinical failures rather than the storm Crews worked feverishly (Turn Tn I’ag* 3. Column 4! Churches To Benefit From Jackson Will One Large Bequest To Trinity Church All churches of the city will benefit under the terms of the will of the late Kathryn Jackson — one having been given a parlicu lar be«iuest. After several bequests have been made under terms of the late Kirkland township mush- teach it’s will, the balance of the estate U to Im- divided between "all churches of the city of Ih-ealur share and share alike.” The amount that each is to rereive could not Im- ascertained today. since applications for letters which customarily estimate values of a decedent’s property, both real and pei-mal. had not lu-en filed The Trinity Hvange'.ical United Brethren church on Ninth street. Bated In the will under its former name of Ninth Street United brethren church, la to receive a specific amount of Itt.OAo— In addition to the above share

Other provision* of the will call for the erection of a lltxk of Age* monument at a value of ♦l.ovo. a bequest of ♦I.OOO to the Otterbein Oil People* Home at Lebanon, Ohio and to indiridual* as fol lows: A diamond ring to Bonita Burner, a niece, and Alberta McKenMe; a diamond brooch and ♦SOO to a sister. Artninth*. )W to Harry B Stone; ♦{♦ to Harry Dale Ftobe; IM u> William JacUou and tlfie to Bedie Arnold

Release Texts Os Yalta And Potsdam Pacts State Department Releases Texts At Congress Request Washington, Mar. 25 —(UP) —■ Publication of the Yalta and Pots dam agreement today revealed the preliminary jockeying tty the wartime “big three" on reparations and other points at issue in the German p»-a< e treaty The two documetits. plus the 250 word text of the Tehran agreeI ment. were releasetl by the state i department in answer to emigres , 1 sional demands for full disclosure of commitments made by the Unit I • d States al the wartime confer ences The texts disclosed no new major "secret" decisions but comI pleted the background for the bickering at the current Moscow conference on a German p<-ac« treaty. I The leading congressional ad Ixocate of making the agreements i public- Rep Karl E. Mundt. R i S.D -said release of the facts would provide the proper backgroun I for current U. S foreign policy "This will go a long way toward clarifying the atmosphere and giving the average American citizen e chance to formulate an intelii-' gent opinion <m foreign affairs." Mundt told a reporter “Without these dot uments. we would be starting off in the middle of the| night.” The text of lite February. 1945. Yalta agreement confirmed that the United Ftafes agreed to a Soviet "suggt-stion" that German re paratioiis be tentatively consider ed at ♦2ff.ff«<t.fioo.ooo — half of which was to go to Russia. Th<’■ three powers also reachetl an accord on lellvery of reparations Pom current German industrial production Although the then British prim*minister. Winston Churchill, sign ed the Yalta pact, the British deh gallon went on record that "no figures of reparation should be mentioned." When the hlg three met nt Potsdam in mid 19(5. Hie dollstr figure was cancelled, setting the stage for the first major diaagne ment at lite < urrent Moscow con ft rent e The current production feature was modifie I sharply at Potsdam so that proceeds of ex ports from current production would Ito used primarily to pay for Imports. At Moscow. Russia is holding tenaciously to the ♦lo.omi.fifto.fitHi reparations figure and receipt of reparations from current productTorn Tn Psr* S. Cnlontn 4) _ n — High Winds Damage Three Planes Here Planes Parked At Airport Damaged Heaviest damage reports from last night’s windstorm came today from the Liniger Airport, west, of Decatur. where the blasts wrecker! havoc among the light air < raft. Reports from the field, owned and operated by Vaun Liniger. said that three of six planes stationed at the field were badly damaged and perhaps totally destroyed One was an Aeronca. owned by the Decatur Aero club; another a Steermtn N3N. owned by the air port manager, and another a Piper Cub. the property of Dowell Singer All three ot the planes had presumably been moored securely to stakes, but apparently the moor ings were unable lo withstand the high vwtoeity gusts The Eamsge will likely range," into severni thousand dollars iocgUji

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UN Issue Raised 4 Again In Demands From Congress On Aid For Nations By United Press : The question of whether President Truman’s new foreign policy ly-pagt-es the I’tiitt tl Nations dn-w major attention in Washington today amid global repercussions ami 'charges that it constitutes a step toward war against Russia. Mr. Truman summoned acting secretary of state Dean Acheson who is leading the drive for con- ; ressional approval of ♦4oo,(Hfi>.fi«o in grants to Greece anti Turkey, and Warren R Austin. U. ft. Unitel Nations deb-gate, to the Whit»» House It was believed they would examine possible methods of bringing the JUnited Nations into the rew foreign policy program us a reaul* of Insistent congressional demands for information on why the UN was being ignored The UN Issue was raised again ! today by Hen H Alexander Smith, if . N J . who objected to any American program which might a ’’one-sided show” ami wanted to know why tin- UN shouldn't be told of American intentions. Underset retary of state William Clayton, appearing In-fore the senate foreign r< lations committee, told Smith that Mr Truman's program was no reflection on the UN but that the problem was so urgent that direct action was necessary Other developments Sen Waller F George. D. (la. obviously referring to Russia, raid that Hie United States must take the lead in "throwing up barriers ■ against expanding powers." He said the United States must enlist tlie aid of other nations in this program. * Acheson revealed under qu«-s---tioning by Sen Arthur H. Vandenburg. R Mi< It. that tile Unite! Stales knew last Octolw-r that Britain was withdrawing troops Irom Greece but diil not know tin HI Feb I flint financial supixirt was to Im- cut off March 31. Clayton snid that no loan to Greece in lier piest-ltl condition < ould receive surious consideration as a business pro|>osfH<iti lint expressed hope tlmt the American grant would mu the country Into shape that would justify aid from the international bank ami other world Institutions With Washington debate of the aid to Greece an I Tut key plan rising toward a crescendo develop ment* abroad •math- evident that Mt Tillman* pro|Misals hail a global impact Top developments in the rnieadlng international deliate Included J The first direct < hallenge t > the president's program was offer- • I by Sens Claude Pepper. !>.. Fla . and Glen H Taylor. D. Ida . who pres>-nte<i a sul>stiiiite bill calling for ♦2su.ffofi.otMi in strictly non military aid to Greece. They charged that British oil interest* had a finger in Mr. Truman s plana, that they were a step toward war witli Russia, and called on the state department to reveal the full truth” of the midtile eastern situation 2— A secret protocol of the Tehran conference was pultlisb<*<l revea'ing Anglo American Russian agreement in December. 1943. l list Turkeys immediate entrain e i into the war was desirable. Never theless the Turks stallel 1.5 months until March 1 1945. State , department spokesmen previously had told congress that Turkish neutrality during this period hail aided the Allies 3— Other secret protocols reveal that at both Yalta and Potsdam Britain and the United States egreed with Russia that the Mon treaux convention, regulating the Dardanelles, was outmodef and should l*s revised. Soviet demands (Turn Tn P«w* * Cnlumn a William Hoffman Is Slightly Improved The condition of William H. Hxafmaa. 33. Decatur. V'bsUy hu t In an as'o accMetM near Fort Wayne Saturday ztisraoM. was re-