Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1947 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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Martin 11. Kennedy, at»<>v<'. Democrat, won a landslide victory in lite ('hicago city ejection for mayor Tuesday

•■■■■■■■■■■■MNBBBMmw— Kennedy Landslide For Chicago Mayor Democrat Candidate In Smashing Victory Chicago. April 2—(VPi —A landslide victory for the city Democratic machine's reform candidate for mayor put the Democratic party back In the running today for Illinois' 23 electoral votes In the 1943 presidential election. Democratic organization “Pokes men hailed a 273,354 vote margin won by Martin H. Kennelly as evidence that the Democratic party In Chicago still was strong enough to match the traditional downstate Republican plurality Rut Republican leaders said OOP victories in 11 of 19 alderman!.-run-off contests yesterday show ed that the Republican tide still was running strong In the Democrats' Chicago stronghold. Many political observers at tri buted the landslide to Kennelly's personal popularity rather than to an upsurge In Democratic party strength. In a record breaking vote, re turn, from all of the city's 4.054 precincts gave Kennelly 919.593 against C 43.239 for Russell W Root. Republican Percentagewise. Kennelly defeated Root by about 59 to 41. The polls closed at 5 p m., and Root, a Chicago attorney, con-, ceded defeat at 7:20 p.m. On April 15 Kennelly will pick up the city council gavel, wielded for 14 years by mayor Edward J. Kelly. Kelly declined to run when the GOP upset his powerful organization in Cook county in last November's elections. Instead he and his advisers selected Kennelly. a 59-year-old tmslnessman and civic leader. Democratic jubilance over Ken ' nelly's victory wa s dampened not only by the aldermanic results, but ' by knowledge that Kennelly ran far ahead of the party's other two victorious candidates for city of-| flee. Ludwig D. Schreiber was reelected city clerk by a margin of (Turn To Pag* 2. Column S) — — Faye Ann Sheets Dies Last Night f —— Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Miss Faye Ann Sheets. 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer K. Sheets of east of Decatur, died at 9:35 o’clock Tuesday night at the Riley hospital in Indianapolis, where she underwent an operation for a brain tumor several days ago. Bhe hal been ill for slz months. She was born in Adams county May 3. 1933. a daughter of Chalmer K. and Melvina SmitleySheets. She was a member of the I nion Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving in addition to the parwits are 1« brothers and sisters, Deloria. Josephine. Hetty. Mary. Max. Lester. Esther. Jay Allen. Caroline Sue and zially Jo Sheets, all at home; and the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. J. BSmitley of Decatur and Mrs. Lloyd Ruse, also of Decatur. Funeral services will l»e held at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at the Black funeral horn- and at 2 o’clock at the .Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, with tbo Rev D H. P«il«tl and the Rev. C I' White officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock Thursday avening.

I —> Agree On Need Os Provisional German State Council Os Foreign Ministers Agree On Principle Os Need Moscow. April 2 -<UPI— The council of foreign ministers today agreed in principle to the necessity of creating provisional German governments as soon as possible and to accept proposals tor a spec _ lai committee for an attempt to . draft a diectlve. The agreement was made after nil four ministers approved British 1 foreign minister Erneut Revin's statement that establishment of a prolslonl government* was contingent upon economic unity of Germany — an issue the ministers passed over temporarily after failure to break a deadlock over reparations. At the end of the meeting Bevln proposed sending the question to a special coordinating committee liecause he said today's debate had revealed such "a large area of . agreement" on the question de- . spite difference in minor detail. , In addition to unanimous con- . sent to Revin's proposals, the mln- , festers agreed to accept as a basis , British proposals for stages of development of a provisional government with the exception of one ! American reservation. Secretary of state George C. Marshall disagreed with the Brit- ,, ish plan to establish a provisional l' constitution itefore a provisional govertffnent. , The Americans want the provisional government to lie the keystone of the process for develop- | ment constitution. The major differences among the four during today* debate were over a proptMition for the provisional government. The V. 8. wants 1 a provisional goverment formed by ' the presidents of the varions German states. Russian foreign commissar V M Molotov ineisted that the prdrls- ' lonal government also include representatives of political parties, trade unions and anti-Nazi organizations Revin agreed to consult political I parties and trade unions, but he ■ rejected any references to anti Nazi organizations. Before the conference session. Marshall revealed that the United States had "no Information" about the disposition of an estimated 700.4U0 Japanese prisoners taken by the Russians in Manchuria. At the eame time Marshall said that by J.tne 1 American military and naval personnel in China would (Turn To Page 7. Column 3) o Anti-Bevin Wing Gains In Britain ■ ■■ American-Soviet Antagonism Feared By United Press The polsibillty arose today that President Truman's new foreign policy doctrine might become a major factor In producing a radical alteration in world political alignments by splitting the iron-bound Anglo-American front against Russia. This surprising and unexpected possibility arose in reports from Ixmdon that the leftwing of the British labor party, long In revolt against foreign secretary Ernest Kevin's pro-American. anti-Russian policy, now has won support of an apparent majority of labor mem bers in the house of commons. The rapid increase In strength of the anti-Bevin wing of the party is attributed in London directly to growing fear of American-Soviet antagonism as evidenced most recently in Mr. Truman’s campaign to turn Greece and Turkey into barriers against Communist expansion. The showdown in the Labor party over Bevin is expected to come on his return from Moscow, possibly at the party's annual conference in May. There was no immediate reaction from Moscow to the shift In Larbor party alignment and spokesmen for prime minister Clement R. Attlee sought to miniml’e Its Importance. However, the;-* sneered to be no doubt that) th* iiriV revolt feed PfStv 7*ir-us which "ould have to be recognised iither ay shifting Bevin to 2 domestic role to boss the government's bom* front produc(Turs Tu PM* L Coluws S)

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 2, 1947

Tots To Ride $50,000 Railroad

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WITH LOS ANGELES PARK COMMISSIONERS onlooker*, 3 year oldx, Gibby Mercurio (left) anil Marl* Baumganh, drive a simulated 1 gold apike into the 2.M00 foot miniature railroad In Griffith park. Juxt opened, the train will carry SO children.

: Young Slayers Are i Sentenced To Lil; Pair Convicted Os f Killing Policeman 1 Columbus. Ind.. Apr. 2—(UPl — Judge George W. Long of Bartholomew circuit court today sent- ' enced to life imprisonment two 1 teenage youths found guilty of 1 first degree murder charges in the slaying of a state policeman Sentence was pronounced at ’ 9:05 a. m. (CSTI. The term Is to be served at the Indiana state prison at Michigan City After less than four hours of 1 deliberation last night, an all-male jury returned a verdict of guilty against William Price, 17. and William Johnson. 17. both of Evansville. They were on trial for murder in the slaying of state [ irooper Herbert Wade Smith last Dec. 5. The jury fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. Defense counsel did not Indicate immediately whether they , would appeal. After the verdict was read by Long, the two boys went into conference with their J attorneys and were later returned i to their jail cells. Price sobbed when the verdict ! was announced. He had admitted firing the fata! shot at Smith afj ter he and Johnson and their two bobby-sox girl friends were ordered io follow the officer to Shelbyville because of a minor traffic violation. Johnson, an AWOL soldier, stared straight ahead without emotion. The youths' sweethearts. Vera Hornback. 16, Anderson, and Mary Ruth Ward. 15, Evansville, were not in court when the verdict was announced. Both girls sat through most of the four weeks and two days of trial in the courtroom. They were a’so indicted on murder charges, but will be tried later. The defense had asked the jury to acquit Johnson, who was in the rear seat of the car at the time of the shooting, and to re4Turn To I'Hve 7. Column Si — -O— Anthony Murphy 1$ Governor Os Moose Annual Election Is Held Tuesday Night Anthony Murphy was elected governor of Adams Ixxlge 1311, Loyal Order of Moose, at the an nual election Nf officers, held Tuesday night at *.he lodge home in this city. Murphy will succeed Wesley Titus, who has served for the past year. Other officers selected last night are as follows: Amos L. Harmon, junior governor; Clyde Toman, prelate; Joseph Koors. treasurer, all for one-year-terms; and George Harris, trustee for three years. Holdover directors are Merle Burkhead and Joseph Oelberg. Ernest Worthman secretary. Is servinr; the second year of hie three-yea* term. Murphy and the other new n<iicer* will he formally installed at the regular lodge meeting Tuesday. April 29. Th* lodge will initiate a class of candidates at the regular meeting Tuesday, April 22.

Local Stores Close Thursday, Friday The majority of Decatur retail rtores will observe the usual Thursday afternoon closing this week, .and will also be closed during the observance of the Three Hours from 12 noon until 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, it was announced today. ; U. S. Steel Studies f Possible Price Cut t Price Reductions r Reportedly Studied » — . Ill—H r Washington, April 2.—(UP)—A 1 cut in steel prices was reported f under consideration today by the I United States Steel Corp. i> No final decision has bssn made t as far as could be determined here, but the best available Information 1 I was that a steel price reduction 1 was in prospect. Meanwhile, the economic high r command of the Truman adminlsI tration waited hopefully for what i It regarded as the best news In r months on the anti-inflation front. I President Truman said last Wednesday that he hoped American i business would M ee the handwritI ing on the wall and pull down 1 prices wherever possible The al-. , ternative, he said, was a dangerous spiral in prices and accompanying demands for higher wages , Executives of U. S. Steel, the nation's biggest steel company, have had the price cut under consideration for some time. It was understood. They have discussed their plans in Washington. This I ' much was definite. But there was no Information on what they have decided. ' Some persons close to the in- , dustry doubted that the cut. when 1 , and if It comes, would be whatj the public would regard as drastic. They reasoned, however, that any cut at all would be a definite shot in the arm for administration efforts to put the brakes on inflationary spirals. Some of Mr. Truman's economic experts have been gl<»omy about prospect., of any substantial response by industry to his request for price cuts. They were gratified by recent price reductions by the Ford Motor Co., and International Harvester. But they did not believe the pattern was sufficiently hroad to halt er depress Inflationary: trends. Increased prospects of a cut In the price of steel, however, brightened the outlook for the adminis(Turn To Page 7. Column 5» , o Mrs. Jennie Polhemus Dies Tuesday Night — Mrs. Jennie Woods Polhemus,l 79. died at 10 p.m. Tuesday at a Richmond hc«pltal after a threedays illness of Influenza. She was born In Decatur Oct. 2, 1867. a daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Emanuel Woods. Her husband. John Polhemus. preceded her in death Surviving are a sister. .Mrs Minnie i Wilkinson of Decatur, and a bro- < ther. High Wood* of Warsaw. One 1 sister preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Black fun- 1 *»•’ •*!£!?. Vj’t Dr. .« U. Lest®:of the First Methodist church, o! < wnlch she was a member, official- I ing. Burial will be In the Decatur 1 cemetery. Friend* may JI at the 1 funeral home after 7 pm Thurs- i day-

House Labor Committee Approves Bill Aimed At Threatened Phone Strike

Stratton Residents Will Vote In 2-A Resolution Adopted Tuesday By Council Residents of the new Stratton Place addition Io the city will vole .It the Deeatur 2-A voting place In the approaching May primary and following elections. City attorney Henry B Heller at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday night submitted a resolution providing for the estah- > llshment of the 2-A voting site. The resolution was approved hy the council. Residents of 2-A vote al the Knights of Pythias bulge on Third street I * The council la«t nbjit also adopted a resolution calling for additional appropriations, totalling ’ 14.790, largest Item In the ap- ' proprlatlon Is one of 14.295 for the purchase of a city garbage truck I An Item of 4495 for materials to be used by the fire department completes the total A hearing on I the appropriations will lie set. Asks New Well The hoard of public works and safety of the city council today was considering a recommendation hy Ralph E Roop, water department superintendent. that the city build a new well. Mr. Roop made his recommendation In a written proposal submitted to the council Tuesday night and the matter was referred ' to the board of public works and >. safety, I The Itoard of works also ap- ’ proved the appointment of Vernon Hill and Clots Elchar to the volnnt'teer fire department during last II night's meeting i Giles Porter filed a petition for i' permission to construct a sewer at his expense from his lots near Dayhftt avenue, which would join ■ the Dieraes drain. The matter I was referred to the street and sewer committee A petition for an alley light near 1032 Krick street, asked by Mrs Rrth Sell and others, was referred 1 to the electric light committee. 1 Two contrajts on rural light line extensions with Dwight Darr, Harvey and Edith Shell, both In ' St. Mary's township, were approved. 0 School Corporation Hearing Date Set Township Trustees Set April 12 Date — , A public hearing will be held Saturday. April 12. In the county courthouse on the proposal hy the township trustees to form a county school corporation The meeting will open at 10 a m that day in the courtroom of the buildings. Announcement of the meeting made today, following a special meeting of (ha township trustees for tfie purpow of officially designating the (late, as provided by law. The decision ! o hold the meeting was made recently by the trusi tses after the state legislature I pas.'ed the bill permitting the incorporation. At that time It was pointed out civil townships would not be affected and that the Incorporation would place only the township schools under the supervision of the county board of trustees and its officers. John M. Stonehurner is president iof the association and Charles Rurdg is secretary. 0 Decatur Lions Club Observes Holy Week Holy Week wax marked Tuesday evening in the meeting of the Decatur Lions club, held in the Knights of Pythias home. Dr. M. O. Lester, pastor of the First Methodist church and the Rev Charles E*Whlte nr "rtn Sty Ergsgullcai I'blism Bretbres church, were in charge of the program. A quartet, composed of Mrs. Walter J. Krick. Mrs. Clyde Butler, R. E. Mumma and Frank Rawley, sang eeveral religious songs and Mre Krick sang a solo.

Mino WnrV Jrt s ss«»w HVlWrilJ Demand Mines Be Made Safe Raise Possibility Os Extension Os Six Day Holiday Pittsburgh. April 2 — (UP) — of the United Mine Work er« union warned today that their m<-nil>ers would rot return to the government • operated pits Mon- ' day unktaa they <onsidered them safe, raising the possibility of an extension of John L. Lewis' coal ' holiday. Hugh White, prteident of UMW district 12. said at Centralia. 111, scene of last Vtok'U explosion which killed 111 men, that the men would not return to work until the mln** were made safe. "Even if the slat* mine Inspectors say Centralia No. 5 ie safe Monday, the UMW miner* employed there will no< raturn to work unless they Jth* miners) deem It safe." White said. White >ald the union would not make an Inspection of the mine, leaving it to the miners aa a group Io determine if safety standards have twen met. Earlier. Adolph Parifi'O. president of UMW district ti. told a John Michell day rally at Dillonvale, <)., that he would notify the safety committee <f each union local to withdraw the men from the Ohio and West Virginia pits if danger arisaa I’acifico blamed secrotary of interior J A Krug for the Centralia dwtaster All but 499 mines In the nation were dosed yesterday In olm*rvan<e of John Michell day, but the 17.009 members of the progrex sive mine worke.s union (Ind* and the 75.099 anthracite miner* were returning to the pite today. One exception wax in Sallneco. 111. where alMitit 1.109 progressives remained idle. The 400,000 UMW soft coal min ers will remain cut until Monday, however, in observance of the mourning period |l)*claim*d by UMW chief Uwia. Although industry in general han not felt the effect of the shutdown, the U. 8. steel corporation has reduced blast ftirn'tce operations by 15 percent because of a shortage of coke. The firm's coke ovens are operated by 4.tHM* wotkers who are members of the UMW and the curtailment resulted from a ahortage of coke A spokesman sos the corp oration said it ho|>ed to get through the week without cutting steel production. despite the loss of 5,000 tons of pig Iron dally Sharon steel corporation planned to bank one or two blast furnaces and coal hauling railroads furloughed worker* for th* six day petiod o "■ Cancer Fund Drive Underway In County Initial Donation Made By Sorority The Decatur chapter of Tri Kappa sorority has contributed |SO to the Adams county chapter of the American cancer society, starting the latter's drive for 11.000, Robert Holthouse. Adams county chairman, announced to day The county cancer group, organized recently as a part of the national xoctety, will continue its drive for fund* throughout April, it was stated. Cannlsters will be placed in several local business houses to receive contribution* and during part of the drive the Decatur Lion* I club will sponsor a wishing well in the court house ytrd and theproceeds will go to tlto local fund The money derived from the campaign will be u»t>d largely fur -lurpcxe* ind schools will be provided with the latest books pertaining to the disease. Part of th* money raised locally will he forwarded to the national aocisty. but a large part •>< B will b« retained In Adams county to carry on th* work locally.

Price Four Cents

Negotiations For Averring Strike 1 Slated For Monday Feared Deadlocked Washington. Apr 2 — (UFI — The hone- lateir committee today voted to give Preal lent Truman : temporary power to break a threatened telephone strike hy In* I junction There was no prnliahlllty, however. that the hotfse -mmh less the senate could act on the pro posed legislation Indore the Monj day deadline when telephone wotfceru are wheduled to strike all over the country. Th< committee approved the, ■ bill Id-3 after the National Frier at lon of Telephone Workers asked 1 congressional investigation of 1 «harges that the Industry had r*1 fused to bargain on Its demand for a |l2 weekly wage Increase Other matter* of rongfteudonal ■ (oneern included: 1 Rents—The house banking rout 1 mittee decided to consult the homefolks before voting finally on a proposed IA percent genera: rent increase which It tentatively approved yesterday One mem her said the committee probably ' would reverse itself, but It post poned any further action until April 16 to permit members to sound out const it utents. Il will ’ lie several weeks before the house , and senate get around to doing anything final about rent controls Llli'-nthal Sen Harry F Byrd. , D., Va, joined senate critics of . David E Lllienihal's nomination i to head the atomic energy comi mission He said the former TVA , chairman lielieves in "a govern- [ ment of men and not o< lawn." He . told the senate that one mistake -by the atomic commission could i he "irreparable," Repuiilhali lead i ers had hoped for a vote on the nomination tomorrow night but were not tAo optimistic they could speed up debate that much Foreign policy- The senate fori eign relations committee unani mouxly approved proposals to tighten senate control over administration of any U. S Greek-Turk-ish aid program and to harmonize the program with the l'mte<t Nations' principles They approved a preamble asserting that th<program will be "inconformity" with UN purposes and amend ment* requiring senate confirmation of program administrators and forblddnig use of any money Involved in payment of other countries' loans to Greece and Turkey. Lewis —Rep. Albert L Reeves. R. Mo., charged that John I. Lewis did nothing to protect the Centralia 111., miners despite a months-old report by « mine Inspector, that danger threatened Reeves said Lewis received a copy of the report but did nothing to save the men "whose loss he now officially mourns." Communists — The house gave Its un American activities committee (50,000 more with which Ito Investigate subversive personThere was no opposition. The committee asked the money to i broaden Its inquiries. Small business—Rep Walter C. , Floeser, R Mo., accused a sena- ■ tor whom he did not name of ; blocking senate action on a treasure to restore RFC aid to small husinexmen who need surplus war. materials. (Turn To Page 3, Column 5) B-29 Flight Over Fort Wayne Saturday Indianapoli*. April 2 (UP) — Three Indiana cities today were Included on the itinerary of a scheduled flight by B-29 superfortresses In eonjiictlon with the ce|e< bration of army day Saturday The flight waa scheduled to arrive at Terre Haute at 11:35 a m. (CSTI. Indianapolis at 11:5$ and Fort Wayne at 12:25 p.m. — w— —■ ■ — Monday Deadline For Registration Decatur voters expecting to cant ballots In the est- •i'wixm Tuesday. May «, were wsrari today by Clyde o Troutner. county dark, to be certain they ar* properly registered to vote. With the vote Sunday. April g. th* laat day for reglat ration d*riiln* failing on roclatarlnc has Ve*n uxtaadri to Monday, April t