Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1947 — Page 1

VdTxLV. No. 104.

job Northman Lew Coach Os Kecatur High B ** i 8 Decatur Graduate it Selected Football, ■ Basketball Mentor S 'Hob" Worthman, ex ■ ■‘ nd "'"I Hmw »iil and ■ k *, <™*<" )un,or ‘ r bUb M-hool thi® fall. ■’“' ,n<«m» , n' -r h,! * ■e> er,lon ■ “S'.“« »» w....r J. ■Vrty superintendent. Ki.hu a »'•*' ,n « ~f ,h " *“ y ■?," | hoard and ' omplHlion of the K h a rontr-Kd with Worth- ■*’ ~,, .now!’ Danh-I Perry, K.\ ..nr* who rM ‘« ned ■J? I. a native of !*.< ati.r and ■ Imai hi«h«b«> ■ , M , graduated here in 1937. ■L winning tetter* In three ■..,. - basketball. football and ■Lull and then went on to stite Tea>her« college. where ■L-d'l do»" •* regular berth on K. foothall lea'n. ■ 11, graduated from college BH |M| with a bachelor of science ■* r „ and at present I* working ■/ hl . nia-ter'i degree at Indiana ■\{, ha« had mv vear* experience ■ the marhing field, nerving the, ■L two years at Hoagland For put four year* he ha* been coach at Central high ■Lol in For' Wayne, working HK^, r Murray Mendenhall and Band y the local school he will physical education in addi to bi* coaching dutie*. in the son of Mr*. M. F. ■rorbman. of North Sixth street K father, the late M. F. Worthwav superintendent or city here for a number of ■L EV Ilin ♦infer. Mis* Mildred Worthwho has been a member of ■Clival school faculty for the K». 11 years, recently HUbmitted |Kr -cunatlon effective with the of the pr-sent school term ■ Mr Krick also announced that ■«... continue as head baseball ■uh and Harry Dailey, mathe and science teacher, will as track coach. Dailey I ■*b'. also handle 'he cross country ■ 0 wiped light Vote ■ln City Primaries I Public Indifferent H In Tuesday's Vote ■lndianapolis. May 2-<l’P> 1nmunicipal primaries next |Wf>*i»y may attract no more K4.MW voter* to the poll* ■ Mi’ical statistician* figured to it was unlikely that more one out of every five registerinters would east ballot* in the in; ((ties and 432 town*. There were several reasons for ■~ low Percentage estimate*. One ■■T" in many citie* and town* ■W*” »»s only one slate of candl- ■~’ M for each party and these ■ nominated automatically ■T”' the necessity of a ballot. ■ Mm * of hers, there were conBeL' 5 ° ne Party ~W none ,n the ,hat meant more or ■ ' »ls of ■ the voters would nothing to vote for. ■ ’ r< * awn - however, in BjEjZ' Off-year city ew ' 01 ” Sre ** ,,net hing new in ■t Indiana polities. and ■■ui“ J * percent of the potent ■airv k Pam * out in lhe 1944 PHMper ’* are asking “can ■ ttae J* f ' lhal l,ig a ,llrn out this ■ L”*' yMr ' a Drewidential elecBdy (JL roter * had not only ■tt w ,|| ‘“" 1 “’ngressloual races ■l£‘ iln “’ ,|y 65 accent of the ■•M towJ H>PU 2. a ’ ton *** ea ,n would be some Brban i ,M who were ■•fbavL'"’ Cutting that ■<«t to / y ,w, «ervative 10 per■«Ktslt| omp *n*ate for the lack of “ *° many cities, and ■"Mbits ™ 2O per<, * nt o» ‘b« ■"• Wli tenUal vo ’* will go to ■k»vi»>- ,h * “‘•flrtifian gets a ■ ft* blgg* en IW ' 000 snd 210.000. ■*>mi i. e., of course, will ■«M r L. t‘‘ nai>f)1 i a *bere flve‘"‘Wfi up on both the TV ® S ® tick-■V'---ILL aay the c *p” a| ■ 1(1 Column t>

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; Mill Owner's Body Recovered In River Shelbyville, Ind . May 2 —(UP)— The body of Fred iluliing. C 2. Freeport mill operator, was recovered from the swollen water* of Blue river Into lust nfght. Polite said Baiting’s body waa found In a pile of driftwood 13 miles from the spot where ill* t»oat tafisixed and hl* body swept over a dam He was attempting to dislodge log* at the mil) wheel when the accident occurred 0To Offer New Compromise In Phone Strike e 71 Government Calls Special Meeting On New Proposal Washington. May 2 (UP)— Oovernment conciliator* called a ■pecial conference today to present union and management offlelals a compromise proposal for ending the Jfi-day telephone strike. The plan dealt only with the long distance pha*e of the dispute hut officials t lung to the hope that it would set a pattern for a general settlement with all striking affiliates of the National Federation of Telephone Workers. , Federal conciliators Peter 0. Manno and William Margolis called thin morning's conference after 1 a lengthy night bargaining sesl sion. running well past midnight, failed to break the wage deadlock between the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and the long distance union. The union continued to insist on a I'i weekly wage boost. The company declined to make any wage offer, standing pat on it* insist enc<> for arbitration of wages. Manno and Margolis declined to disclose details of their com promise but informed sources bettered it would call on the company to make a cash wage offer to the long lines union, probably for between $4 and $5 a week. Allen Duo Presents Chapel Program Here The Allen duo presented a novel ■ program at the Decatur junior-sen-, lor high school this morning, illustrating sound effects employed in radio programs and movies They appeared during a special assembly program, staged before the students and fatuity members. Principal W. Guy Brown was in charge. Mrs. John Thomas Dies This Morning — Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Mrs. Martha Thoma*. 77. wife of John Thomas, and a lifelong resident of Adam* county, died at 2 o’clock this morning at the home of a son. Clyde Delmer McClure. Decatur route 1. Death was caused by complication* following an illness of nine month*. She was bom in Decatur July 10. 1870. a daughter of George and Elisabeth Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have been making their home at the son’* residence for some time. Surviving in addition to the hUMband and son are four grandchildren. three great-grandchil-dren; one brother. Wilson Reed of Decatur, and one sister. Mr*. Alice Jewell of Midland. Mich Funeral services will he held at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Giilig * Doan funeral home, with Dr. M. O. Lester officiating Burial will be In Clark Chapel cemetery. Friend* may call at the funeral home after 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Third-Class Mayors Not Given Pay Raise Indianapolis. May 2 — (UP)— Mayor* of nine third-class cities in Indiana were told today that a new law providing a salary Increase would not affect them. Attorney general Cleon H. Foust ruled that a portion of the law providing an increase for citie* between 20.000 and 35.000 population is Invalid. He said that a law which the portion of the new law would have amended no longer exist*. The cities Include Bloomington, Elkhart. Kokomo. Lafayette, Logansport, Marion. Michigan City, Mishawaka and Now Aibaay.

Urges Congress Slash Taxes In Upper Brackets Director For U. S. Steel Appears At Committee Hearing Washington, May 2—(UP)—A I'. J 4. Steel Corp, director today urged congrews to cut taxes in the upper Income brackets In order to restore lhe “profit Incentive to produce." E. M. Voorhees told the senate finance committee that “xoaklng the rich turns out to be a boomerang that returns to hit those 1 who launch It.” Restoring profit i incentive, he *aid. will benefit I the entire economy. The committee held its final day 01 tax hearing*. It* chairman. Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, R. Colo., ha* said he believes the group will approve In general the house bill to cut taxes from 10.5 percent on the highest incomes to 30 per- , cent on the lowers. Other congressional developments: Trade agreements—Tons Linder. Georgia state agriculture commissioner, asked congress to Investigate undersecretary of state William L. Clayton to determine whether he profited personally from the administration's tariffcutting policy. Rivers and harbors — President Truman told a rivers ami harbors 'congress meeting here that the | need to protect and improve nat--1 lira! resources was made “acute" by the war. Sen. John L. McClellan. D.. Ark., read the president’s message after declaring congressional desire for economy should not he permitted to jeopardize river development. Labor— Senate Republican leadI er* were confident they had the votes to pas* their first amendment to the senate's labor bill. A 2 p. m. <EST) vote was scheduled on an amendment supported by labor committee chairman Robert A. Taft. R . <>.. and other Republican leaders to restrict union bargaining tactic*. Veterans—lt was learned that the major veterans groups are laying the groundwork for a vig- ' orous “grassroots" campaign to I spur congressional action on leg(Turn T<> Page 3. Column '•> District Meet Os Legion Held Here State Commander Principal Speaker Hundreds of Legionnaires and Legion auxiliary members jammed the local post home and the I Knights of Columbus lodge room last niglit to attend the fourth district Ix-gion meeting. W. L Brunton, state commander of the American Legion, was lhe principal speaker during a business session, held at the K. of C. hall, and he oirtllned a detailed ’ program of activity and department accomplishment*. Scores of state, district and post Legion notables were in attendance and Introduced during the meeting. These included, in addition to commander Brunton, Steve Watz, immediate past state commander; William Hank, state adjutant. William Bauer, candidate for northern vice commander; T. C. Smhh, local post commander: Forrest Rogers, fourth district commander; Dean Bechtol. former district commander; Mr*. Mabel Morgan, state auxiliary president; Mr*. Luella Tieman. local auxiliary president: Edna Monroe, fifth district president; Janet Howie, state Fopiiy Day chairman: Mrs. Glenn Burt, fourth district chairman; Mrs. Pauline Graham, district chairman; Mrs. Zelma Roop, di st ; rlct vice president: Mrs. Ruth Poinsette. district chaplain, and several other*. Miss Karlann Striker, legion oratortoai con* test winner, spoke during the program- , . The event was opened with a cafeteria supper, served to more than 500 persons at the Legion home during a three-hour period. It was estimated that more than 700 persons were In Decatur for the event. Adrian J. Baker was in general charge, assisted by Jarnos K. Staiey. a local post committee and oficer* of Adam* post 43. Folowing the bu*lne*» se«*lon. a dance was staged at the post homo.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 2, 1947

Saved Lives In Tornado

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LIVES OF 12 school children were saved In Worth, Mo., when Teacher Anne Trump and Mux Ix-e Murdock. 13, herded youngster* into a celiarway seconds before tornado flattened building

Annual 4-H Show Is Planned In Decatur Second Annual Show Here During August Preliminary plans for the second annual 4-H show, to he held here this summer, were announced today by Robert Holthou*e. presi dent, and other Chamber of Commerce officials, following a meeting. last night with 4-H leaders. The event will be staged August 0. 7 and 8 with Ernest Karlen, of the Kraft Foods, and Robert Helm, local clothier, as cochairmen, j Chris Inniger will serve as the 4-H supervisor, assisted by L. E. Archbold and county 4-H leader*. The event will be similar to that of last year, with the home eeo- ■ nomics exhibits at the Decatur junior-senior high school, livestock and other exhibits in the vicinity of the courthouse. Displays will again be arranged by the Decatur Boy and Girl Scout organizations. Mr. Holthouse stated that an attempt will he made to secure added amusements, such as “rides," free acts or other entertainment. More details on the event are expected to be announced soon. 0 Baccalaureate Rites At Pleasant Mills Baccalaureate exercises for the Pleasant Mill* high school will lie held at the school auditorium Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock <CDT> with Mrs. Dwight McCurdy, of Decatur, as the speaker. Graduation exercises will be held Thursday. May 8, with the Rev Otto Carl ■ Busse, pastor of the Preble Luth eran church, ae the speaker. Q I Inspectors Seal Terre Haute Mine Services Sunday For Blast Victims Terre Haute. Ind.. May 2—(UPi —The gas-filled Spring Hill mine, where eight coal workers died Tuesday night, was sealed by federal Inspectors today. Darrell Kerns, operating manager of the small mine, said the shaft would be sealed air-tight from 30 to 90 days while gasses slowly burned themselves out. A fire in the mine yesterday prevented a full-scale investigation of the blast. Eight workers were killed and three escaped an explosion late Tuesday. The last of the bodies were brought to the surface yesterday. Meanwhile, families of the victims made arrangements for individual funeral services, all scheduled to be held at Terre Haute churches and funeral home* tomorrow. Some 600 worker* at two neigh(Turn To Page 4 Column X) o Monmouth Exercises Here Sunday Evening The Rev. William C. Feller, pas tor of the Zion Evangelical and Re- • formed church will deliver the! baccalaureate address Sunday evening at that church for the graduating class of the Moumouth high achoei.

! Speicher Funeral Service Saturday Funeral aervices for Mr* Leah Speicher, who died Thur-day morning will be held at 2 o'clock Sat- : urday afternoon at the ('toss Evangelical and Reformed church In Berne, with the Rev. C. A. Schmid officiating. Burial will be In the MRE cemetery. The body was removed from the Yager funeral home to the lesidence. one and onehalf miles northeast of Geneva this afternoon. 0 Retail Living Cost Reaches New High Average Prices In March At New High Washington. May 2—tUPi—The labor department reported today that lhe retail cost of living reached a new all-time high he tween Fab. 15 and March 15. The department's bureau of la bor statistics said retail price* for food, clothing, house furnishings and miscellaneous item* broke sharply from a 60-day quiet to rise a full two percent for the month. It said average retail prices on March 15 were 5R' U percent higher than the August, 1939 average and 20 percent above the same date a year ago At the same time. BLS said In another report that average wholesale prices for some 9"U basic commodities dropped 0.3 percent for the week ended April 26. The overall average, how ever, was at almost 34 percent above the same week of 1946 and only 1.7 percent below the 27 year high reached last month Wholesale food prices. influenced by liberal supplies, declined 1.2 percent for the week: farm products prices rose 1.3 percent chiefly due to sharp increases in egg*, cotton and fresh fruit* and , vegetable* prices; and all other commodity price* went down 0.3 percent. Elsewhere on the price front. Gael Sullivan, executive director of the Democratic national committee. said that President Truman has ordered all member* of his cahient to “put the heat on : the basic manufacturer*" for i price reductions. Sullivan said that in general retailers are willing to cooperate In price cutting but that only slashes In basic industry price*, such as steel, automobiles and durable goods, will mean "any real saving to the consumer " The administration's demand for price reduction by businessmen was criticized by the U. S Chamber of Commerce in its weekly newsletter. "Business Action” and by Earl O. Shreve, newly-elected chamber president. At the closing session of lhe organization's 36th annual convention. Shreve told a press conference that he thought President Truman had discriminated unfairly against businessmen in his price campaign He said that the surest cure for high prices was increasad production. — oWEATHER Continued cool tonight with occasion*! tight rain northeast: and extreme north portion tarty tonight. Clearing with somewhat higher afternoon temperature* Saturday.

Backers Os Strong Rent Control Hope Senate To Revise House-Passed Bill

Ramadier Demands Vote Os Confidence Communist Revolt On Wages, Prices Paris, May 2. (UP)— Faced with a Communist revolt against the government'* wage-price program. premier Paul Ramadier demanded of tlie assembly today a clear-cut vote of confidence, and said he would quit if he did not get it. The Communist party already had announced tliat it would vote against the government, apparently assuring the fall of the coalition cabinet. Ramadier told the assembly that France's financial situation was such that the government could not accept the principle of gene Pal wage Increases. “If you decide this is correct, we will continue our task,” he said “If not. then let others shoulder lhe responsibility" The Communist members sat stolidly silent while the rest of the chamber cheered vigorously. Ramadier said an agreement had been reached between the government and the general confederation of labor against wage Increases for four months. He pointed out that only two months had elapsed, and the government again was faced by wage demands from aiitdmoblle an <1 inetallurlocal i union* of the Paris region. "I know th>- situation brings hardship for many, but neverthe- '■ less the freezing of wages i* in despensable a* an increase of wage* provoke* Increasml prices." Ramadier said. Battle In Italy Rome, May 2. <l'l*l Communist and rigiitisi deputies tangled in fist fights on the floor of the Italian assembly for 15 minutes today after a bitter exchange over the massacre of eight May day marchers in Sicily. Leftist deputies denounced the monarchist and common man party member* of the house as “assassins." charging them with < instigating the Sicilian machinej gunning in which eight workers died and 33 were wounded. Giuliamo Gianini. 56. common man chieftain, lead a rush toward the CommunlKt lieliche* after Li Zausi. Communist, touched off a maw* shout of "assassin*." About 2(1 deputies were involved !in the brawl. It began after interior minister Mario Scelba announced the casualty toll in the Sicilian violence He said 75 persons had been arrested. Q Two Decatur Ladies Among 500 Poisoned Took 111 Following Banquet Wednesday Two Decatur women who attended the congress of parent teachers associations in Indianapoll* this week had an experience which was not listed on the interesting threeday program Mrs. Leo Kirsch and Mrs. Herman latiikenau, representing the local PTA. were among 500 women who were poisoned by food, trai '-d by Indianapolis medical authorities to the banquet held at Murat Temple on Wednesday night. Mrs. > Kirsch stated. The Decatur women were able to return home last evening from the capital. They took ill a few hours after the banquet and were confined to their hotel room* on Thur*day. The eighth floor of an up-own hotel was turned into a temporary hospital and the Indi-: ana state board »f health and In-1 dianapolis doctors pronounced the ailment as "organic toxic poisoning." Fifteen hundred women attend-: ed the congress and 560 became ill after the banquet. The epidemic caused quite a stir in Indianapolis, but fortunately no fatalities resulted from the poisoning. A number of the women who became ill lived in Indianapolis and physicians scurried to all parts of town as calle came in of the mas*' illness. 1

New Price Cuts Are Announced | In Many Cities ,i Newburyport Plan To Fight Inflation Continues Spread a Bv United Press " I New price cuw were announced y by merchant* in many cities today p as the Newburyport. Mas-*., antii inflation plan continued to spread. I_ ■ As tlie 1" day trial period ended in Newburypori. merchant* voted y to continue their lu I'crceut price u reductions Indefinitely. They re- , ported that the lower price* liad f iHxixted buxine** 3o to 45 percent Storekeepers unable to continue lhe price cllt», however. Were glv<-n I the opportunity of dropping out r gracefully. Independent grocer* *ald they could not continue the t full cut. hut would do their best I Other developments: New York Three New York ( areas started price reduction plaai* yesterday In Ja< keon Heights. 400 I stores cut price* and reported sales | up 300 to 500 percent Some merchants, however, were skeptical I They said that when shelves are empty they will have to restock at higher wholesale |,ri<es. In the Far I , Rockaway dlsltlct Dot -tores adopted ih<- plan for a three-day trial. In Brooklyn. 225 store* announced * cuts. Washington. D ('. George 1 town, a section within the district of Columbia, has adopted a 10 jo»rcent price cut plan on certain Item* pattered after the Newburyport campaign. Some merchant* also wete offering an additional two ‘ percent rebate at the end of the month for purchases totaling more than 1100 in Hyattsville. Md., popur lai lon 15.000. Home storekeeper ' adopted the Newburyport plan last Monday. Detroit Mardigan Corp, of !>••- 1 troit. a large produce of aluminum ’ cooking ware, announced an Im--1 mediate 15 percent reduction to all wholesaler* It was the company's ’ second price <ut since November The Detroit retail gro- er- assocla--1 lion reported that moal of It- mem * be s had cut piiie* to varying r f (Turn Ta Page 5, Column 4) 1 Dick Heller, Jr. Is Speaker At Rotary Tells Experience As Forest Ranger Dick D. Heller. Jr, a member of this year's graduating class ' at the Decatur junior-senior high school, presented un Interesting discussion of his experience In : lhe forest ranger service at lhe weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary cluh Thursday evening Tlie high school senior has served for the past two summers as a lookout with tlie ranger service in Idaho and will return to the service for the summer months following hi* graduation later till* month I Heller discussed tlie many in teresting phases of hi* dutie*. The first month of duty Is spent In clearing i rails and roads through the area and in repairing telephone line*. During tlie remainder of his 1 service. Heller is a lookout in a tower on one of the highest points in the area. The young ranger told of many interesting experiences in his past two years of service, relating how he prepared hl* own meals, carried drinking water fgr a mile : up a steep slope each day (the ' only time during the period in which he was permitted to leave the tower except on orderst hi* ■reaction* to the severe electrical; storms prevalent during the Hummer. His toughest assignment. Heller told his Interested listeners, was a hike, largely through dense wilderness, made in pitch darkness, to spot a fire, witii only a flash-1 light to aid him 1 Roscoe Glendt-ning was chair | | man of the program.

Price Four Cents

House Rent Measure Would Permit Local Government Units Abolish Ceilings Washington. May 2 — (UP) — Bupporter* of strong federal rent control counted on the senate today io modify provision* of a house-paHMed bill which would permit lo< al governments Io end control* ut their discretion. Tlie house bill was passed 264 to 182 at a hectic *es*ion la*t night after the Republican lea>l er»hlp barely put down a GOP r.ittk anil-fib- revoli which couM ' have killed the measure out- ' tight. Th<- bill would extend rent control until Ih-e 31 without any I general increase in present ceil- * Ing*. But it would empower <ounty, town and city government* to end controls locally whenever they decided tlie housing Hhortage was at an end in ( their area*. Foe* of Illis provir sion itopeil tin- senate would at ( i least make such local ruling* subI I ject to a federal Veto. A rent control bill ready for ■ senate action would set up local . advisory lutards to recommend ( ’ decontrol or rent im reuses, but ,; their recommendations could he t overruled l>v the federal administrator. Tlie senate bill, approved by the banking committee, would , * extend controls to Feb. 29. IMS, i i witlt no general Increase in cellr Ings Although the house voted against a general Increase, it* bill i would permit landlord* ami tenant* "to agree mutually" to a 15 percent rental Insist In ease* t where a least expired after Dec. • 31 1948. « The honse measure al«o would i authorize the president to extend > controls an additional three > months beyond Dec. 31 tn March ‘ 31. 194* if he thought it licces ' sary. He could not. however re new controls In area* already di controlled by local governments The hotisc leadership's close call or the motion to crap the bill marked the first major rankami file n-volt of house Republicans during this session. The motion was offered Ity a DemocratRep Wright Patman of Texas — but so many Republicans supported it that it was tentatively approved. 156 to 147. On a later roll call vote, however. the house reverst-d Itself, defeating the motion, 197 to 189. At the instigation of Republh-an leader*. 11 GOP members changed their votes, io the jeers ami catcalls of the Democrats Patman's motion had the coalition l>a< king of Denim rats who wanted tlie rem control program extended as I*, and Republican* who wanted control* ended alto gether or modified more wubstantially than lhe ltou*e bill would permit Tb<- amendment to authorize l<w al decontrol was offered hy Rep Monroe M Redden. D . N (’. and was adopted, 129 to 84 Other provisions of the house bill would: 1 En I executive authority to allocate Kcarce building material* 2. Give veteran* the exclusive right for 3b days to buy or rent newly constructed one family dwell Ing*. 3. Remove controls on new construction and dwellings remodeled to accommodate more tenants; ami on dwellings not occupied between Feb ’ 19(5, and Jan. 31. 1917. 4. Put administration of the (Turn To Pair* <». Column 7> —-.. o — Survey Property Os Bethany Church Civil engineers have been ut work the last two days surveying the property of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church on Winchester street The survey Is the first step In the church's plane for an enlarged building, according to a local member. There has been some difficulty ; In finding the original lot markers land a gem-ral survey was decided before final plans for new construction were made, it was said. The church owns two lots on the east side of Winchester street, where the church and one house are located The parsonage Is IoIcatad ou the west side of the i etreeL