Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1947 — Page 1

( l XLV. No. 113.

SENATE PASSES STRINGENT LABOR BILL

|ys Garsson laid Off Four | Hay's Notes ■ Bronx Banker Says B Notes For $5,000 ■ Faid By Garsson ■rj.hineton " ay 13.—(UP) — Km bnnk-r testified In the ■,,,. trial Andrew J. May Ky that in l''l- munitions rank- ■ Murray Gar.sson paid off four ■ Mu> . tint’” totaling 85.000. K, r te'tknony wan introduced ■,., tn vernii><-nt after secretary ■ v „ Robert I’ Patterson told ■ court May called him five in behalf of the Garsson Kginotx combine to which May ■,„. n . K | of selling his services. K), government says May, for K chairman <>f the house millKy affairs committee, got more iJifHMt for his services In ■,;. of the Garsson*. C. Barber, second vice Kudrnt of the National Bronx ■ k u t New York City, identi- ■ notes and other documents ■,>.! in 'he alleged 15.000 note K ;.' showed that on June 4. K; notes which May had given ■ the Wiltnr Corp. New York ■y, and which the Bronx bank K discounted for Wiltnr, had K paid through a SIO,OOO cash check check, made out by the Bank of Canada, was pay Hi to Murray Garsson. The plus interest and protest were marked paid and balance was g|ven In cash to F FreemVn another de■fee with May and Murray and Gaf’son whom ■d sent to handle the trans■h' <-r.<>n was presented by the ■Mecution to support its conthat the Kentucky con■rom.<n then chairman of the ■trn- military affairs committee. to wrest from the war de■rsient favors for the Garsson*. government says May got than |s3.tmo (or his services, ■ft.- secretary's testimony was iiy a government man-■t-r which will make it unneces-■ry-vrall Gen. Dwight 1). Eisen army chief of staff, to the as a prosecution witness. ■Beuig tried with May on ■mtc« of fraud and conspiracy ■t l>r Henry and Murray Gars■a founder of the 178,000,000 contraring combine, and ■wph A Freeman, their Wash Ha representative. testified that he May's requests "in a ■War way, usually turning ■** or*r to subordinates. The k* said. dealt with such an renegotiation of Garsson ■■contracts, award of an army “E" for excellence in proand an army commission in acquaintance of Murray Patterson's testimony. ■* fcvernment moved to introtwo letters written by May ■* «♦ by Eisenhower. ■2*r* was a brief bench conU*’ 51 " at which defense counsel BV sot press their objection to letters introduced in ■ T «’f‘ To Pag, Column n —o — ■wdent To Act On ■° f ta! Pay Measure ■* a «ington. May 13 — (UP)— house said today that * M T niman will act tomor■J,/* ,b * bill ,o ' ,u,,aw *°l>te ' ’ Wxi in Portal toport a I nay ■m*u **f re,ar y Charles G. Ross K, r rruma " would send con■T ' * r 8 veto meiHage or a Mm of “PProval. Usually. president signs a bill, ■ ! ’ SUe a rne,n °randum muM act by midnight ■*We k" lh * controversial KwJri?" bepn a ’ ,ark * d °therwiHe. the ■Batsre law without his I r^.. WUTH w ■♦n ' er * b,e cloudinaaa to■«r /AT’ 1 ' - OceM,on■h* * north Portion in "ortheast por- ■ ’•r.noon.

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Graduate Speaker b Rodney 11, Brandon, director of public welfare for the state of Illinois, will deliver the commencement address at annual exercises for graduates of the Decatur Junior-senior high school Thursday evening. May 22. List Baccalaureate, Graduate Programs Decatur High School Programs Announced Complete programs for the 66th annual commencement and baccalaureate exercises of the Decatur junior senior high school were announced today by Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent. Baccalaureate services will be held at the school auditorium-gym-nasium Sunday night at 7:30 O'clock, with the Rev. Charles White, pastor of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, delivering the sermon. Commencement ceremonies will be held Thursday night, May 22. at the same place, beginning at 8 o’clock. Following is the commencement program. Processional — "Triumphal March" from Aida—Verdi. Invocation Rev. William C. Feller. Music—" Without a Song’’- Vincent Youmans; ‘‘Homing'’ Teresa del Riego. Address—" What Do We Buy At The Schoolhouse" — Rodney 11. Brandon. Illinois public welfare director. Presentation of gradual Ing class — principal W. Guy Brown. Presentation of diplomas — Gerald Cole, president city school board. Benediction Rev. Carey Moser. Recessional—"D. 11. 8.” Glee club selections in charge of Miss Helen Haubold. supervisor of music, city public schools. Baccalaureate The complete baccalaureate program follows: Processional — "Manfhe RoTurn To Page 2. Column 7) 0 Local Lady's Mother Dies At Vera Cruz Mrs. Sarah Gilgen Dies Last Evening Mrs. Sarah Gilgen. 69. wife of Otto Gilgen. died at 6:12 o'clock Monday evening at her home In Vera Cruz after a two weeks illness of kidney trouble and complications. She was born in French township August 29. 1877. a daughter of Paul and Eliza Wolf-Huffman. She was a member of the St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church at Vera Cruz Surviving in addition to the husband are one daughter, Mrs. Edward Kiesx of Decatur; one son. Marion of Vera Cruz; two brothers. Noah Huffman of Berne and Jacob Huffman of Salem; two sisters. Mrs. Clara Have of Fortville and Mrs. Richard Hughes of Huntington; a half-brother. Simon Hartman ot Bakersfield. Calif., and nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church at Vera Cruz, with the Rev. H. H. Meckstroth officiating. Burial will be at Vera Cruz The body will be removed from the Jahn funeral home to the residence this evening at « o’clock.

Arab States Threaten UN With Walkout Fail In Attempts To Force Study Os Palestine Freedom Lake Success, N. Y.. May 13— (UP) Tbs- Arab states were de--1 feaied today in two more attempts to force the United Na- , lions to consider the Independ ence of Palestine and a spokesman threatened that they might walk out of UN "so far as Pales- ’ tine is concerned. ’’ The political committee of the , general assembly rejected proposals by Russia and Poland which would have Instructed Ihe UN Palestine inquiry commission I lo consider establishing an "independent democratic state of Palestine.’’ In view of the action there was speculation that the five Arab states might stage their protest demonstration loday. They apparently .had lost lheir last i! chance to include the independence issue In the instructions for the Palestine inquiry. Faris El Khouri of Syria, con- ' sidered spokesman for the Arab bhic. said the Arab stales were considering a ptflicy of "non-co- ’ operation" if they were not given their way. He claimed the i'N Palestine probe could not possl bly succeed if the Arabs did not cooperate. , | Today's voting closely follow ( ed the trend set yesterday when the political commitlee voted not. to instruct the inquiry commission to consider Palestine’s 11 Independence. The Slavic bloc supported the Arabs. The United States. United Kingdom and most of the Latin-American bloc voted against the proposal. The voting both days represented a victory for the Jewish agency which had strongly opposed including the independence issue. The Russian amendment pro- . viding for consideration of an i independent detniMTatic state of , Palestine "without delay" was ' (Turn To Page Column It . I o- " C. C. Membership Drive Is Underway Membership Goal Here Set At 250 The 1947-48 membership drive of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce was in full swing today, following a “pep meeting" held for workers Monday night at the Knights of Pythias home. About 25 businessmen have vol- ! unteered to assist in calling on, prospective members during the drive. Jo hn Halterman, local merchant. and Lewi* L. Smith, Decatur attorney, have been named ' captains of two teams which have I been organized among the volunteer*. The campaign will be terminated on May 17 and the membership 1 goal has been set at 250. Twentyfive have been enrolled to date i During the meeting Monday night, the team captain* urged their respective worker* to call on all prospect* a* *oon as possible in an effort to insure an • early, successful conclusion of the campaign. "The cooperation of industry. I business and professional men and women is needed to insure the . success of our campaign," said Clarence Ziner. general chairman i of the drive." and a strong organ!- , zation will guarantee the fulfill- , ment of our 1947-48 objectives." 0 Former Local Lady I Is Taken By Death - Mr and Mrs. Charles A. Burdge I will go to Goshen Wednesday to attend the funeral of a triend. Mrs. I Percy Williams, who died Monday i at her home there. The family resided here a number of year* ago i w’hen Mr. Williams operated the i photo studio on South Second street - now owned by Paul Edwards. Mr. Williams died several yaars MO.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 13, 1947

Egyptian Royalty In New York IN U. S. for medical treatment. Queen Mother Nazli of Egypt ar rives In New York with her daughters. Princess Fuika Hefti and Princess Fathila (center), sisters of Egypt* King Faruk I

Sugar Ration Stamp To Be Valid June 1 I Validation Date Is Advanced One Month Washington, May 13.—(UP)—J The agriculture department today' ordered ration stamp No. 12 validated for ten pounds of sugar on June l~a month ahead of ached-1 ule —but warned that it will have to last to Oct. 31, as originally planned. The action does not increase the total sugar allowance. The department said shipments of Cuban sugar are at a seasonal peak, that distributors are holding a "temporary surplus,” and that boxcars now available for hauling sugar soon will be needed to move an estimated 1 .OtiO.itOlt.mm bushel winter wheat crop. Besides, the department said, earlier validation of the new stamp will help housewives and indust- j rial users to get,' In time, the sugar they need to can this year's fruit crops. The year's 35-pound , domestic allowance includes no special home canning stamps. Meantime Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. R . Win.. demanded that agriculture officials either distri~(Turn T.. Cage 2, Column 'll Q Yugoslavia Makes Apology For Act Express Regret For Immunity Breach Washington. May 13 — (VP)— | Yugoslavia line apoligized to the United States for a "dlagreeable; incident” in which local Yugoslav ; officials breached the diplomatic' immunity of U. S. diplomats, a state department spokesman saidj today. The spokesman said the Incident occurred on May 2 at Pec, Yugoslavia. when local officials forced American charge d'affairs John M. Cabot and other members of his party to surrender cameras. Although local Yugoslav officials refused to telephone foreign office authorities in Belgrade, the cameras and diplomatic cards of Cabot's party were returned aa hour later "without explanation or apology” after Cabot telegraphed the American embassy Later. in response to an oral and written protest to the foreign office charging a breach of Cabot's diplomatic immunity, the Yugoslav foreign office apologized. regretting the Incident and promising that it would not be repeated. The state department has in(Turn To Page 2, Column 3)

Rent Representative Here On Thursday A representative from the Fort ■ l Wayne area rent office will be at the Decatur post office to Inter view i*e<>plt> with problems in regard to rent control. The representative, will be in the office from ' !> a m until 3 p.m. , 0 Food Situation In Germany Precarious May Seize Excess Cattle In Germany Berlin, May 13.-(l’P» -Authoritative quarters said today that the American and British military governments may seize excess < attle on German farms unless the precarious food situation improves unexpectedly. Seizure of cattle to break up hoarding and get meat Into the cities was indicated, possibly withi in a few days, as the first of several moves to combat the worsening shortage. Col. Hugh. B Hester, chief of the American military government food and farm division, said there was no reason for panic. He called the situation about the same as last year. ' "There is a food shortage. There I is hunger. There is no starvation.” , Hester said. ' American officials in Franki furt were pessimistic. They said western Germany was so short of food that even the black market | ■ was almost closed because it lack i ed focal to sell German trade union leaders at j Dusseldorf, in the British zone, demanded assurances within 10* days that the food situation would | improve. Lacking these, they said they would not accept responsl- ' bility for the workers' actions. Hester, a former Durham. N. C. farmer, blamed poor planning by German food officials for part of the shortage. He said the Ger i mans failed despite allied urging to mobilize their transport for distribution of food last fall. He said the first portions of the ( I greatest food shipment since the I occupation was now reaching Ger-' many. The shipment consists of ‘ 43b,000 to 450.000 tons of bread ! grains, more than 100.000 tons above any previous month. Similar shipments in June and July, he said, should get the situation back into balance. Shipments had been unbalanced by diversion to other areas of food 1 originally earmarked for Germany. Dispatches from Austria said the food position there had improved temporarily. The average calory level in Vienna was reported at 1550, up from its low of 1400. There (Turn To Page 2, Column if

Disregard Last-Minute Indications Os Truman Veto—Vote Is 68 To 24

I ——— ■ n I —IIWH Scattered Disputes Prevent Strike End Western Electric One Big Obstacle Washington. May 13 — (UP)— A few scattered dieputes today pre vented complete settlement of Wie 37-day telephone strike and nation wide resumption of normal telephone service. Otte of the biggest obstacles wax the deadlock In negotiations be tween the Western Electric Co. and two of its unions the Association of Communications Equipment Woi kers. and the Western Electric Employes Association. Picket lines thrown up by West-} cm Electric employes were pre venting a general back-to-work movement In many areas where local issues have been settled. Among the remaining local disputes were those Involving Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co . the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph Co, and Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph. Western Electric Installation workehs' representatives met with management in a lengthy bargain Ing session last night, but the parley broke off with no indication of ■progress. However, l*oth parties I agreed to try again today. Western J Electric unions are asking wage 1 increases of 16 a week. [ Henry Mayer, attorney for 17 i telephone unions, said Western Electric had flatly rejected an offer to arbitrate wage differences • A company spokesman explained 1 1hat Western regarded t>lte aridIt rat ion |>ro|H>sal as "premature" at this stage in the negotiations. Mayer said tlie unions he represents have asked the justice depa-tmeiit to launch an antitrust investigation into the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and its Western Electric subsidiary. "We think botlt have been vio (Turn T<> Page 2. Column <» Monroe Elevator Is I Threatened By Fire Farm Bureau Coop Elevator Damaged Fire for a time last night threatened to totally destroy the Adams | county farm bureau cooperative 'elevator at Monroe, but the blaze 'was brought under control by firemen Flames were first noticed on the third floor of tihe structure about 7:30 p.m. and the alarm was sound ed. The Monroe' volunteer fire department. numbering about 12 men. with the one Monroe town fire truck, battled the blaze for about half an hour before bringing the fire under control. Firemen said that they believed the blaze wan started by an electric motor on the third floor and that a spark from it probably ignited some of the dust. No estimate of the damage could be secured from any attache of the . bureau, but it is not thought to be 'Very heavy. Firemen said that this is the secjond time the elevator ha* had a fire in the past one and one-halt 1 yeam. Sheriff Herman Bowman and .other officials went to the fire | scene, but their services were not I needed. I „ ——— Chain Store, Mail Order Business Up Washington. May 13 —(UP) — The department of commerce reported today that chain store and mail order house sal<w reached an estimated 82.01 5.008.000 in March. 22 percent over March of last year. There was also a Jump of four Index points over February sales, with seasonal variatioue taken into account. I

■■■■■■ —■■■ 1 11 "■» De Gasperi And Entire Italian Cabinet Quit Difficulties Over Communists Lead To Resignation Today Rome, May 13 (UP)—Premier Alcide De Gasperi resigned today with liis entire coalition cabinet, yielding to the heavy pressure : generated by his efforts to cut down or eliminate Communist In- , fluence In the government De Gasperi. Christian Democrat party chief of the Italian cabinet since December. 1945. announced j his resignation after an emergency I meeting of the ministers. He went at once to deliver the cabinet resignation to president Enrico lie ' Nicola. Earlier today !>e Gasperi noli- ! fled De Nicola of his intentions. He said he was going to resign and was "sorry that I shall have to ruin the president's digestion I for lunch.” J The cabinet resignation fol- , lowed an expression of reserve , liy Pietro Nenni's Socialist party on De Gasperl's program for en- ■ larging the cabinet by bringing in all parties. The Socialists favor fusion with the Communists The crisis came after 10 days 'of troubled Jockeying. De Gasperl's own Christian Democrat I party assailed his "weakness" and failure to break with the Com munis:*. Indications of American influence seemed unmistakable in the moves to weaken leftist power In Italy. The U. S. embassy, how ever, said that "we have never given any advice to De Gasperi and he has not asked for any." But on his January trip to the | United States De Gasperi had de , elded to try to form a governj ment without Communists after conferring with President Truman and top ranking American state department officials and political ; leader*. He returned with promises of large loans and a firm intention of ousting the Communists, but his January shakeup of the gov ernment failed to achieve that <»l»jectlve because of a party split. The anti-Coinmunist socialists i ___________ (Turn T" I’.iu- I'obrmi .1 — 0 - Legion To Observe Memorial Day Here Preliminary Plans Made Monday Night Preliminary plans for the annual observance of Memorial Day here- Friday. May 30, were launched Monday night at the regular meeting of Adams po t j 43. American Legion. Uiwrence Basil was named ' general < hairman of the oliserv ance by jmst commander T C Smith, and la»o Ehinger was named to supervise the color guard. A speaker has not been selecti ed for the ceremonies. Commander Smit it said that the observance would again include a parade the decorating of graves at both cemeteries, and ceremonies in memory of deceased veterans of all branches of service. The annual memorial services for deceased veterans will Inheld Sunday. May 25. at the First Christian church, with the Rev. i E E Isenhower delivering the i sermon. Member* of the Legion and Veterans of Foreign War posts ,| will march in a body to the sirTurn To I’ago 2, Column I)

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Drastic Labor Bill Passed By Senators Today; Compromise By House Is Next __ Washington. May 13 —(UP)— The senate, h«-edless of last minute indications of a veto, approved Ib-publican-sponsored labor legislation today The vote was 6M to 24. Th. bill received six votes more than the two-third majority needed to override a veto. Favoring the bill were 47 Republle* ans and 21 Democrat*, tipponent* Included 21 Democrat* and three Republicans Sens. William Uinger, N D. Wayne L. Morse. Ore, and George W. Malone, Nev. Tito vote came shortly after the Republican majority, with the help of nome Democrat*, killed a mild bill sponnored l>y 11 Democratic senators as a substitute for the more stringent Republican measure. The Itetnocralic bill was rejected by a vote of 73 to 19 The senate bill, which must be compromised with a more drastic house approved bill, would outlaw the dosed shop prohibit jurisdictional strikes ami secondary boycott*, establish a new. Independent federal mediation service and allow the ■ government •<’ enjoin strikes endangering public health ami safe ty Indications that the bill was facing a veto came in the dosing deliate from senate Democratic leader Allien W. Barkley, who asked that it lie defeated. He said he could not vote for a bill to "penalize innocent men ' (’hairman Robert A Taft. R. ()., of the senate labor rornmlt tee made his final plea for passage with a denial that the measure was a "punitive" one. Barkley woun I up senate debate by < harglng house speaker Joseph W. Martin with trying to "Intimidate" President Truman to approve lb publican labor leg (station. Roll Call Vote Washington. May 13 <UP)— The roll cal! vote by which th* srnate today passed the labor bill: For the bill —68. Republicans for — (47) Aiken. Baldwin. Ball. Brewster. Bricker. Bridges. Brooks. Buck. Bushll.-ld. Butler. Cain. Capehart. Capper. Cooper. Cordon. Donnell. Dworshak. Edon, Ferguson. Flanders. Gurney. Hawkes, Hickenlooper. ! Ives. Jenner. K'-m. Knowlaiul. IxMlge. Martin. McCarthy. Mlllikitl. Moore. Reed. Revercomb. Robertson of Wy«. Salionstall, Smith. Taft. Thye, Vandenberg. Watkins. Wherry. White. Wiley, i Williams Wilson and Young Democrats for <2l > Byrd. Connally. Eastland. Ellen b-r. F ulbright, George. Hatch. Hoey. Holland. Lucas. Maybank. McClellan. McKellar. OCom< O'Daniel. Robertson of Va Rus sell, Sparkman. Stewart. and Umstead. Against the bill—24. Republicans against (3) — Langer. Malone and More. Democrats against — (21» — Barkley. Chavez. Downey. Green. Hayden Hill. Johnson of Colo. Johnston of 8 U. Kilgore, Magnuson. M< (’aren. McFarland, McGrath. M< Mahon Murray Myers. O Mahoney. Pepper. Taylor. Thomas of Okla, and Wagner. Paired for the bill. OWton; paired against. Thomas of Utah. Announced foe <he bill: Tol»ey t Other congressional develop ments: Appropriation* Rep Karl Stefan. R Neb . (ailed for “sweeping reorganization and modernization" of the state and commerce department*, in debate on a 85.35.7P0.000 supply bill, he said both departments "have strayed far from the path of true economy.” Broadcast* — Retiring under secretary of state Dean Acheson told a house foreign affairs subtTum Tu Fags <• Cvlumn 8>