Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1947 — Page 1

;LV. No. 77.

UNG GEORGE OF GREECE DIES SUDDENL

9,000 Coal tiers Begin ■(Stoppage ■them Operators Karge Subterfuge ■ John L Lewis ÜBLr*!.. M" J —4»’P» Tl “-i ...f fi--l.l* *- r - in'- i'll* i “ ,iay ’ li " "f ' ,|l ' ' l ' l ' 1 w-rV<i> ‘ini' work to the deaths of 3bnib-'.“ in ■> mine * x|>:o*io!i HI 'lay rn< -mortal" work nf' l ' r ''' l hy J,,h " L t jgSF -i -■il-"l complete. The 3|B l.ifiiinin-ii worker* were in by m-m H-rs iiv.il Progressive- Milli-rn’ anthracite worker* a* gjßLuit of the coincidence of tZSEemo'iai period an I the traSK| John Mitchel)" holiday member* of M.3Kr..gie«*ive Miner* joined jmßrviW worker* 141 the trad)*3B holiday stoppage. It wan jJ||L |o<alei’MW union* to detheir member* will jBE ( . in idleness for the full ’he solid fuel* office said not heal I of a single coal q|||Bion in the western Pennsyl field* working today. Durdß<- hitter I MW strike of last several big "strip" mine* despite the walkout, usual celebration bi mem former I’MW p-e*ldent wSrll who won the miner* an day. wan tempered by call for meditation and for the miner* trapped in the Centralia mine town* of I’ennsy) *■ collections were taken up th- families of the Centralia A Many of the miner* their idle time starting. ■r stockpile* of coal were, to cushion industrial j against the coal stopM although I' S. Steel said |Bubl io- for< -d to ■ ut pig Iron |B*""" because 4.000 of it* .ok.- ovens are manned however felt rhe im - k of the coal shut In Ohio the cut in coal 1M movements brought fur ’ f ,,r ,ra 'n crew* HH state by state survey of the HBshutdown showed: soft coal miners out with] idle for Mitchell day. Virginia—All of the state's miners idle after a day of walkouts by more than ißnois— All miners idle. 22.000 17.000 Progressive ky More than 50,000 worker* idle Production] in independently organ Hopkins county field. jA'" Is.non quit work limiting ■action to a few small non Pit*.. Sb ana Between 9,000 nnd | out in so mine*. Production {■ for memorial period estimat ■rginla- UMW district pre*! Bf Minton estimated 12.000 Bm idle — All of the state'* miner* Idle Malorado and New Mexico — B? Mle MBah—About »o major mines an d 4.000 out. ■Sstihoma and Arkansas—About ■ ‘dlr. but a union official said QK lhal number had been laid off because of the slack Br" a,Urk °n lewis’ call for a y ri “ ,hut down wa * *»> of the Southern Coal Assn ■*cretary Walter Thurmond of ■, gCPA ul<t '»»e memorial was ■* » method of bringing to ME. - **btarfuge what he could not accomplish by fy 1 *? '**~*S»Y eateaaa »> -Turn iiji. W’ATHSW

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Three Badly Burned In Restaurant Fire Dubuque, la, April 1 —(UP) - Three persons were recovering today from critical burn* and 19 I Other* f util Injuries received i when a defective oil burner set afire u restaurant and three story I apartment building. The blaze, which broke out late; last night, drove fin persona from ■ their apartments ove 'he restau-l rant and left several firemen over come by smoke q Big Four Fails i Os Solution On Reparations Foreign Ministers Council Announces Failure To Agree Moscow. Apr. 1— (UP) Thq council of foreign ministers terse |» announced its failure to solve the German reparations problem at a secret meeting today and damped an extraordinary lid of secrecy on it* deliberations. Not since their meeting in lam don in September, 1945. had the ministers denied the world at least i general summary of their dully tieliberations. Even at such meeting* a* today's informal session* some announcement has been made. For the first time since that Ixrndon meeting the ministers resorted today Io an official communique announcing merely: g "The discussion today was limited to the subject of level of industry and reparations, and no decision was reached. Il was agreed to return to formal *e**ions tomorrow.” Today's meeting was attended only by the four ministers plus two advisers each ami one Inter prefer each. Il was classified as an informal meeting and was re | sorted to in order to give the I ministers a chance to do some in i formal bargaining. It had been expected that such sessions might continue for sevetal ilays. but the annuoncement that formal meeting* would continue tomorrow led to speculation that the big four decided that differences on reparation* were so great that even informal meeting* were no help in solving them. This was the first time the min ; isters hail met in Moscow in an informal group. Normally each I delegation sends a spokesman to the pres* of each nation to give reporters a briefing on what ! occurred. Today's meeting, high American source*, said the U. 8. probably would agree eventually to let Russia obtain reparation* from current German production, but only If agreement were reached I , ■ -- ■■■ ..... (Turn tTv> Page *. <h»lumn <) — o Bertha M. Williams Dies This Morning 1 Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Mr*. Bertha M. William*. SI. wife of Albert William*, died at 6 o'clock this morning at her home on Decatur rural route 6. after a seven year* illneso of diabete* She was lorn In Jefferson. 0.. July 18. 1995. a daughter of Emanuel and Elisabefh Ballard, lull had reslderl in Adam* county most of her life. Surviving In addition to her husband are one son. Ct.xrewce <’. Williams of Decatur route C one sister Mm. Bell Vroman of Bellview. Mich ; five brother*. John Ballard of Decatur. James and Taylor, both of Washington Court House. O. Roy of Brumfield, and Jess of Sturgis. Mich., and two grandchildren. Two sons and two daughters precoded her In death. Fusor-l serviceo will I* be,<l at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Gllig * Doan funeral home, with the Rev Seth Fainter ortsctetteg Burial will be ta the Delemur cemetery. Friend* may at the foaerai aonte after 2 p-m Iwsduaeda* until time e< '*• i

Ask Federal Prosecution Os Red Party — —. j | House Committee Votes Tentatively For Rent Increase I Washington. April I.—(UP)— Chairman J. Parnell Thomas of the house unAmerican activities committee today asked federal prosecution of the Communist party and its official* as unregistered agents 1 of “a foreign government.” Thomas in a letter to attorney general Tom C. Clark acciMed the party and it* leaders of two crimes: failure to register under the McCormi«-k act a* foreign agents and failure to register under the Voorhis act a* a group | dedicated io violent overthrow of ] the U. 8. government. Thomas aimed his assault on I’. 8. Communists as congressmen studied these other developments: Telephone ntrike House labor committee action wa* delayed 24 hour* on a hill to prevent a scheduled telephone strike April 7 by federal injunction. The postponement wan voted after Democratic members complained they had been given no chance to study the emergency measure by chairman i’red A, Hartley. Jr. Rents The house banking committee voted tentatively for a genera! 10 percent lioost in rent ceiling*. The senate banking committee has approved a measure to extend rent control* from the June 30 expiration date to Feb. 2!) but without any general increase. The whole Issue remain* to he fought out ill house and senate. Veteran* The house today voted to restore 53M.M0.000 for vet eran* readjustment benefits to a deficiency appropriation bill. The fund* had been knocked out hy the house appropriations commit tee. Action was hy voice vote. Committee chairman John Taber, It. N. Y.. offered the amend ment to restore the money. He had led the fight in committee to reduce the readjustment funds from 5975.930.000 to 5523.830.000. But Talier told the house that (Turn To Pag* 7. Column O Fund For Red Cross Continues To Climb Campaign Total Is Swelled By Reports The Red Cross fund continued to climb today as additional report* from workers and township and town chaiVmen were filed with Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth, executive secretary in charge of the home service office. At noon today. Mrs. Hollings worth said the total amounted to 58.26239. with more report* to be liwted during the course of the day. The town of Berne made a magnificent showing. Red (Toss official* reported, as contribution* of II 445 95 from residents, stores and manufacturing fii|qp tabulated. The Berne contributions were contained in two reports. E. M Webb, the chairman, first reported $396 and last evening delivered a check for 11.059.84. which ran the total up near the 11.500 mark Today's listing in the Red Cross report in this issue of the paper shows contributions ot 17.197.54. exclusive of the Berne contribution*. The county's quota was 1C.520. It i* expected that the tots) will exceed 19.000. chairman or the various divisions in the drive esti mated, as contributions continued to roll In. Clarence K. Bell, chapter chairman, said. o Tax Administrator's Visit Is Postponed The visit of an Intangible tax administrator, achsduled tor Friday in ths office* of county as.essor Albert Harlow, tea been -saceiled bacaase of Good Friday. Cte Mfißite daw Os Ute poatpotte

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April, I, 1947

Mrs. “Ike” Is Class Hostess mb” jMR* ■SMff 1 ■SBBMk B IB’ | ft g ■jgSjK STUDYING SPANISH ha* it* lighter aide and that * the informal luncheon at which Mr*. Dwight D. Eisenhower (left! play* hoxte** | in her Ft. Meyer. Va.. home. Two of her guests and fellow student* I are Mrs. Tom Connelly (center), wife of the Texas senator, and Mrs. Robert Taft, wife of the senator from Ohio. ■ - .

Decatur Plans For Good Friday, Easter Church Services To Feature Observance Decatur and community today planned for the Good Friday and Easter observances thia weekend ; Schools of the city, both public and parochial, will he dismissed, Wednesday afternoon at the end of the day'a classes for the annual' Easter vacation. Student* of the public schools will return to classes Monday morning, while those at the Cath-j ollc schools will mark the annual observance of Easter Monday ami not return until Tuesday morning. 1 All business will be suspended here during the Three Hours Fri-1 day afternoon from 12 o’clock noon until .'! p.m.. the observance of I the time that Christ spent on the ('ross at Calvary. The annual union Protestant Good Friday services will be held at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church with pastors of the city’s churches participating. Services will be held at the St Mary’s Catholic church in the morning, during the Three Hours in the afternoon and in the eve ' (Turn fl'<> Page *, Column 71 Main Hudson Plant Closed By Strike Detroit. April I — (IT)- The Hudson motor car company's main plant, employing lljuto. was shut down today by a strike of l«»o men in the cutter grinding department because of the disciplining of a union steward. Joss Chatwin, president of local 154 I'nited Auto Workeia. said the men would return to work Thursday when the two-day layoff im-i posed on the steward • spires. The strike will cost the company pro-' duction of 1.120 automobiles. Q Berne Lad Last To Register For Draft — Berne Senior Last To Register Here Max David Habegger. Berne high school senior, was the last man to register under the national selective service act in Adams county. Max registered late Monday afternoon with As;"B. Vrcile Chase, clerk of the Adams county draft board, at the draft board offices in the library building. He became 18 years of age last Saturday, but did not register until Monday. Next to last to register was Donald Leroy Bieberich. of Preble, who registered a short time before Habegger. Monday was Donald's 18th birthday. The selective service act ex pined at Midnight Monday night. Hence the lads are the last two to register under the draft law. which had been in effect state IMO ia this county. The draft board offices will be maintained here fm a moatt I Bf* <

Two Youths Killed Near Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Ind. April 1 <I'P; • Two youth- were killed early to- | day when their car failed to make . a curve and crashed into u woods | tu-ar here. Kenneth W. Gladietts. 21. and | William Chatlra Lonergan. 22. idled of skull fractures almost Ini- \ inedlatey after the car went off the road, shetiff's officers -aid , Their two companions. Vitus Nau. 1 21. and Pau! Nan. 22. brothers, were slightly injured, sheriff's deI putieo said Vitus was the owner of the car and was sleeping in the back seat. » — g May Sue Government For Miners' Deaths Union Legal Staff Is Studying Facts Washington. April 1 (UPI The I'niteiTOMine Workers <AFL»; soon may file claims against the i government for the 111 deaths in the Centralia. 11l . mine disaster and other soft coal mine fatalities since federal seliure, it was dis dosed today. A I'MW official said the union's legal staff Is •carefully looking into the facts and law- involved" before deciding whether it ’’has | a case.” In any event, he said, the I’MW will not act until secretary of interior J. A. Krug makes his of filial report to a senate subcommittee now investigating the Centralia disaster. The VMW's case would be based mainly on the recent supreme court decision which, the official, -aid. "held that soft coal miners are government employes." That was the decision in which the court upheld the contempt coni victlon of the I’MW for striking late last year in defiance of a court order The court majority held that the Norris-LaGuardla anti-injunction act did not apply | to the government when it had , employer status. Justices Black and Douglas, in a concurring opinion, said they had "no doubt tha» the miners became government employes when the government took over the mines"! Once it establishes that the soft coal miners are federal employes, the I’MW would have two courses' of action open to it: 1. Individual claims for the beneficiaries of deceased miners could be filed under the I’. S. employes compensation act. 2. With federal permission, the VMW could sue the government for death benefit* charging that government negligence led directly to the miners' deaths. A top government official said the "easier of the two would be claims under the compensation act. "If the I’MW chose to sue." he said, then it would have to prove negligence In the more than 750 deaths which have occurred since last May. 'Toder ths compensation act. the unioa would have merely te prove the minors are federal em ployes Dace they de that, the , government is liable for all claims |

New Political Crisis Is Faced By Greece; King's Brother Called To Throne ■ iii ■ — 1 ■ ■ "e* --11 1 "■ " •"

King's Death Brings New Complication In World-Wide Debate On Truman Policy By United Press King George II of Gfeeco died oi a heart attack t<*lay an I hi* death threw an unexpected com plication into world wide debate of President Truman's in w foreign policy doctrine The immediate que*tlon wa* what effect the king's death might I have on the American plan for ’ investing |4<Hl.mMl.tmo in Greece ' and Turkey to build up a barrier ' against the spread of communism | in tin- eastern Mediterranean George wa* succcede-l immediately by hi* 46-yearold brother, j Paul whose general views were little known internationally alj though Greek leftist* regarded him as more reactionary than i George. Member* of the house and sen ate in Washington where consld , eration of Mr Truman's plan is actively underway Immediately started asking que*lions as to. whut effect the king’s death might I have on the situation There wa* no immediate answer on this point However, house Republican lead er Charles A. Halleck said that | the death would further complicate the "allealy diffh till and pel ph-xing" issue raised by Mr. Truman. Some members suggested that illee George Was known Io have I la-eii unpopular in Greece the ac .cession of his brother to the throne might ease tension and assist In the establishment of a democratic regime It seemed likely that the senate ' and house foreign relation* com mittee would call on stale depart ment experts to obtain their views lon what the new turn of event* ' might indicate. Chairman Charlo* A. Eaton of i the house foreign affairs committee said that he doubted that George's death would affect the proposed legislation hilt that it flight "raise question* as to Unpolitical setup" ill Greece Opponents of Mr Truman's plan have demanded that the United State* insist on the democratiza(Tum To Pae- I. eniimn S) - 0 — Annual Easter Egg Hunt At Elks Sunday Annual Treat For Kids Here Sunday The annual Easter egg hunt of the B P O Elk* lodge 993 yeai ly treat for the kiddies of the com ] milliity will lie staged Easter | Sunday at the lodge home Florien Keller, lodge memlier serving as chairman of the hunt this year, said that the event will l>e held a* usual on the lawn surrounding the lodge home, weather permitting In event of inclement weather, which appear* highly probable, he said, the hunt will he staged inside the spacious lodge home Some fiS live bunnies will go to the lucky tots finding especially marked egg* to be hidden by the committee in charge of the event. The egg hunt will lie divideal into several age group*. Mr Keller stated In the first group, omposed of children up to four years of age, a simplified “chase" will be held and Easter Itaskrt* given to the participants. Several other contest* will follow with participants divided into respective age groups, and live Eaater rabbit* given to the win aera. The Eaater egg test spouaoroe by tte local lodge la one o< the onutaadtag events of tho season each year Hundreds of

Greek Kinjf Dies I King George 11. of died unexpectedly today -following a heart atatek. His brother, Paul, wa* immediately calle I to tin- ' throne. Sugar Rationing Is Extended Io Oct. 31 Spare Stamp No. 11 Good For 10 Pounds Washington. Apr I — d'pt • Spare stamp No II l»e<ame good for l<> pounds of sugar today a* the sugar rationing program got a new seven month lease <>ii life from congress President Truman signed flic extension hill late yesterday but reproved congress for not voting the full year'* extension lie had requested He said he Would ask for another extension in the fall if tile HUpldy -.i’llaiioli u.llian’ No II wa* the first regularly issued mam|i since sugar ration ing began to <an y an ;u'”t!»!*-fii of It), pound* Heretofore sugar stamps have l>een goml for five pounds. Tlie congressional extend ed l>ill guarantees hoitHcwivcs al least 20 pounds of sugar between now and Oct 31. Also signed by the president was a bill for a three months ex tension of con’rids over such short supply industrial and food item* as tin. manila fiber, fats and oils The sugar till) shifted sugwi contiols from the <)PA to the secretary of agriculture. who was directed to <nd rationing whenever he deemed ft no longer necessary Mr Truman also aske I congress i Tam To Pag* t. Column 5) tl Saturday Deadline For Registration Many Voters Likely To Be Unqualified Hundreds of voters will likely lie Ineligible to cast tl-eir ballots in the approaching city primary unless they qualify hy Saturday. This was the assertion today of county clerk Clyde O. Troutner. in checking reg|*iration records in his office preparatory to the primary on Tuesday. May fi. Since April fi. final day to register or transfer a legistration fall* on Sunday, the day Iwfore will he the- last day to qualify. All persons who have not voted in the past two elections are required to register. Those who have moved or wcmien who have changed their names by marriage are also required to transfer their rectalration* Mr. Troutner stated today that of Bome 3.000 card* *et»t out several week* ago preparaiot y to mek Inga k«r*a of unqualified voters, only a tew were returned property

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56-Year-Old King Os Greece Dies Today Os Heart Attack; Brother Succeeds Athens, April 1 (UP)— King George || of Greece- died unexpectedly tcslay ut sfi and Giec-cc- immediately railed hi* brother. Paul, to the throne in the face of indications the troubled country faced a new political crisis The cabinet took every precaution to ease frsuh strain on Greece a a result of the iDiexfiected death lof Geoige The king died at 1:55 pin. of Angina Pectori* and Paul 1 was called to take the oath of office a few hours later. The king's death was a blow to tlie strongly monarchist government which had regarded George a* a symbol around which dissident element* aiming Greece's many warring faction* might rally. George died six months and five days after lie landed in Athens by ■ plain- from lamdoti to resume the I hellenic throne for the third time, t Immediate fear* were expressed , I that the otrong leftist force* operlating in tlie mountain* of northern iGreece might seize upon the- death lof the king a* a signal for a renewed effort to overthrow tlie monlurehtst regime by force. George died on the very day which Britain had fixed for the {theoretical ending of h-r financial '.issistame which had been th* bulwark of tin- monarchist government. It found the American congress 1 still debating President Truman * pro|M>sal* for the grant of fttm.mHi - 1 non to bore up the Greek and Turkish governments as dams against the spread of Communism In the ' eastern Mediterranean. The Greek ( aliillet was summoned .is soon as word was received from the palace of George's death and Immediately named Paul a* George's successor. It wa* l*-li- red that Paul generally shared the conseivative polite ul view* of III* older brother. ( Paul is 16 years old Georg's death was unexpected{Shortly after In- had eaten lunch | hi- called attendant* and said that 'lie felt ill Till* was about 12" ji- tn. Thirty-five- minutes late, he ; was dead and the c abinet was ttr i gently summoned to the- palace to ' >a-nsider the situation ! The c areer of George- as a Greek tnoiiarch was otic long mu cession | of c ises. George first reached tlie throne ot in 1922 when hi* brother Constantine abdicated after sue- . c-e ling j third brother. Alexander, who died in 1920. George was driven out of Greece by Hi-- G'eek Republicans in December. 1923. and lie s|ieut the nex* II y--.ir» in exile Hi- wa* called i, k in 1935 after -I plebiscite favored th-- rc-turn of the monarchy. But agafte trouble* haunted him. Prime minister Gen John Metaxas put Greece under an iron dictatori ship nine- month* after George cam-* i luc k and. altiioiigli he remained in \tlieiis until driven out by the Germans in 1941. he had little voice in tlie affairs of hl* country. George spent the war year* in ! Ixmdon and until after the end ot 1 the war there appeared little chance he ever would see hi* throne again However, hi* c laima were strongly supiMirted by Winston Uhurchhllt and with the institution of a strong mottaichist government in Athens a new plebiscite was held last Septemlier and George again wa* | called hack to Athens .. — —o - — Milk Prices Decrease In Central Indiana Indianapolis. April I —<UF>—• The first decrease in the retail price of milk In 18 year* was ro--1 gistc red In central Indiana lodar ’ when the cost dropped one cent <>ti the qnart Milk aold for 17 erat* at moat Marina coaßty fhU -aorte-

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