Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1947 — Page 1

t XLV. No. 117.

fSouthern Operators Will Bin In Talks iHB ' —*' ** ■ Union Journal Says ■ foal Operators In Hsouth Weakening —1 — ' ,ay (T’P) — W', . ~,1 ■ Work-rs journal fltnosf h:,lf ...... ■KF . 'i -*n ■''••rail contract fl. 1. > wi *’ rMW " JSM. ph r' ’li i' ~f ,t,, ‘ 14 0K,,..-. 'l"’ Soiiilx-rn Coal JMf iaHon had turn privately at least. that I^^K r jibl'i' journal said. I’ 4 1{ b - k "“*" .... .... ov .Mays" in negoti I'MW ... t|.H • l iean<' the journal H • ,j..,| these comffhnies BV r .t.y majority of the ’"‘-rs if "certain ieade® cithern operator- re lrt Mailing I’MW top policy commit i« .chediile.l to decide Mon - .1 With the southern I B°r jmirn.i!'- report came as . ...,o. .| his negotiations r.ni’h.-r'i western and steel |^K ;u - ■,•*•!..• I mine reprcsenta -.'.1 Tuesday The confer |M. In <it< r year, began r ,. i..«t. t'lay in an attempt to , new ...titrat t to replace the |^K. -nmet.t union pact which exwhen die govern . up possession of tin coal mines. MO’- " ■■ -t-l" reported on develop j^K- first meeting ft was however. that Lewis . • the coal operators i ,!| n t accept any agree fewer benefits than contained In the present union contract X expected to give the his new contract de j^K':- ’he T't. sdav session He "-lly will ask 51 hours, pay i ir*' w.>rk: a 10-cent a-ton ',t the union's health and .ii'l iti 'ead of the present adoption of the fed .ode and unionof mine foremen ' per,|| largely on whether &■' ”u ' is dimed by then Min ''iiiition.i'ly refuse to work Max Schwabe, R. Mo. pre however that the coal |^Br-« ;|| refuse to go out on this >.niitner. even if Lewis them ' ‘ha- been tonrnlng th.<<ial mines as chairman ■B ‘ ise labor subcommittee |®h!v,n f min.. safety legislation t.efleve the miners are tired called out on strike so' BBtnr times- he told a reporter ,J ’Wtig to them J am *'! that they have had t-ayless days and will not nr jobs without good rea has been Wiring the |K I Jtn T . p. lg( . 7, o— . ■m/i fiend Woman, H| tolling On Beach, ® Rescues Her Own Son Bend. Ind . May 17 — Peters was along the beach nt Kid “team She ran to a pier |Kj "“ n ' l Mr « fart Fall pout |K.’*?** y ed #t the water. “l<i« boy fell in." Mrs. Fall J «t» Peters dived into thei i^Br.c-i'h' lnil lh ‘ ' llll,l f| ounderini'! |E h ( ' he "urface. and pull. ? Then she discovered It r n n ’ fo,lr Var oi«l Jimmy m , wa " un< ’«n»cious. K S': Mrs ,M - r “ ,l,! al respiration Soon 'til ~ ' hl " and lay ■Kitt)., T h !ookhi * “P nt his was weak but safe. Q , LEATHER , * in north ’nd ’ tl,,tre <i »howe;» and north portion l^l m citiw , ,on 'Bht8 ht - Tomorrow ■*...-. #Udy Wlth • ca ««red ■ ‘••tti. 7” d ' nfl i,U •tternoon. 11 ■ chl "B« In temperatura. .

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May To Resume His Testimony Monday Contends Efforts In Line Os Duty Washington. May 17 trp) Former cungresunan Sndrew ,1 May sought seclusion in hip hotel room today, preparaiory to resuming his testimony nt the war frauds and bribery trial Muy was to return to the stand •Monday to continue his story that everything he did for Mur * and Henry M (lar eon was “in line of duty” ns chairman of the house military affairs committee and in the interest of winning the war. The former Kentucky representative was expected to consume at least another dav answering the government's contention that he received more titan (50,000 in bribes for helping the (laiwions obtain war contracts and other favors. Government attorneys were expected to take at least one addition al day in cross-examining May. May's first hour on the witness stand ywterday was devoted mainly to a recitation of bis achievements in life, including his elevation to the chairmanship of the house military affairs committee < ight years ago. He then launched into an explanation of why Murray (li'-sson paid off ir>,ooo in notes of which May was maker May told. too. about the deposits In his account of a 12,500 Murray Garsson check that bounced but finally was covered by Henry Garsson. May said the funds involved a deal on 7,600 acres of West Virginia land containing manganese ore He said he had organized the Green briar Co,, to mine the mineral, but had lost between (tt.ooo and (10,000 when Murray Gansson approached him in March 1941 about taking it over. He said he sold his leasehold to Garsson and Joseph F Freeman, acquitted defendant in the bribery case, for (7.500, He also got a 42 percent interest in the company they planned Io create. May said He said he made out three not.* totalling (10,000. the responsibility for which rested with Murray Garsson although b<* was the maker. He then identified a letter in which he told Garsson and Freeman that they were under obligation to pay the notes when they became due Only (5.000 of the transaction had been Introduced by the prosecution in connection with the deal The t-xc'ongrtwsiiian then told the jury that the (2.500 check that bourn ed was part of the manganes* transaction and that he never knew until the evidence was produced in court that Henry Garsson had made (Turn To Peg-- •; '.<lumn st

Schools Are Closed By Whooping Cough | Batesville. Ind . May 17 (i’l’i This city’s tiiree grade schools were ordered closed today because of an outbreak of whooping cough. The health board said five cases were . reported. Berne Youth Hurt In Auto Accident Robert Sullivan Is Injured Last Night Robert Sullivan. 20. Berne, suffered a severe head injury about midnight last night when his car left the road on old t'. S 27 Just ■ north of the north bridge over I the St Mary’s river. His auto plunged out of con trol over the east side and plunged down the embankment, striking three trees before* coming to 11 stop. The front end and top of the car was demolished from Hie impact with the trees. Sheriff Herman Bowman and deputy Sam Bentz, who investigated, said that Sullivan's escape from death was almost miraculous He was taken from the wreck scene to the Adams county no mortal hospital for treatment of his Injuries They are not thought to be critical. Late Friday afternoon several people escaped injury when cars driven by Mrs. Emma Koeneman and Ralph Sauer of Decatur col lided In front of the Meyer service station, about six miles north on U. S. 27. The drivers reported to the sheriffs office that the crash occurred when the Koeneman auto pulled onto U. 8- 27 from a side road Theodore Koeneman was n occupant of the Koeneman car.

Bevin s Attack On U. S. Press Assailed Here Bevin Statement Denouncing Press Held Inconsistent Washington, May 17— (('PI— British foreign minister Ernest Kevin's savage attack on the I tilted States press was viewed in many quarters today as torewarning of a British campaign to return the big four sessions of j the council of foreign ministers i to secret diplomacy. His charge that the I'niled 1 Stales press’ "full coverage" of the" recent Moscow conference was primarily to blame for the failure fell on unsympathetic | ears here. j Bevin asked for I lie wrath of ■ the American press and Amerlcan officialdom, and it was forthcoming at once. Nat Howard, president of the American Society of Newspaper Kditors. said Bevin "doesn't c learly understand the tradition of the freedom of information." If he did, Howard said, he would not have macle such a proposition. Secretary of state George (’. ! Marshall did not comment immediately. but he can be expected to repudiate the Bevin thesis as well as his proposal that the council revert to the unsuccess ful system of telling the world only what can be agreed upon In a formal communique. If Kevin's proposal had been followed in Moscow announcing In a communique only agreements there would have been no official news of the confer I ence because no major agreements were reached Kevin's statement, macle duri ing a house of commons debate i on foreign policy, was immedi-at-dy challenged here as Incon* : sistent. On the one hand. Bevin pro fessed to be a "great believer" in freedom of the press, and opposed to "secret negotiations.” On the other hand, he denounced the press, especially the American press, for covering the Moscow meeting comprehensively and proposed to draw a thick veil of sec-recy around future meetings. Bevin s statement was a warn Ir.g of trouble ahead for the press at the November IsOlldoll meet (Turn T-> f ege f>. Column 71

Three Charged With Malicious Trespass Three Berne Youths To Juvenile Court prosecutor Mylex F Parrish today placed charges of malicious trespass against three Berne youths charged with destroying property in the Berm* town hall. Meanwhile, sheriff Herman Bowman continued ills confiscation of "miniature bombs" from Berne boys. Yesterday’s raids by tlie sheriff brought the total confiscated to more than 100. It was one of the "supercharg rd firecrackers" which destroyed n porcelain fixture in the town hall there several days ago, precipitating the investigation by the sheriff’s department and the ultimate rounding up of al least eight juveniles. The three, who are charged with the offense, will be arraign ed in juvenile court to answer to the malicious trespass count. It is unlikely that charges will be preferred against the others from whom the explosives were taken, but they all were reprimanded by the sheriff an I Berne authorities. Affidavits against the three were signed by all members of the Berne town hoard and marshal Dave Dubach, who. with other authorities, assisted Sheriff Bowman in the investigation Arrest Two More While in Berne continuing his Investigation, sheriff Bowman arrested two other youths on speeding counts. Willard Lehman. 16. Berne and Gerald Sprunger. 16. of near Monroe, were lioth charged with speeding on the main street in that town and fined (1 an I costs, amounting to (4 70. by justice of peace Ernest Stengel. Sheriff Bowman charged each was driving faster than 50 miles per hour.

Decatur, Indiana Saturday, May 17, 1947

Paralyzed Pooch Gets Trailer WHEELS SUBSTITUTE for Horace’s hind legs, as the- paralyzed poexh outruns his friend, little Elizabeth Amt Iteyeile. In Pitt burgh Bog was hit by a hit and run driver.

List Program For Grade Exercises Rural Graduation Exercises May 24 The complete program tor the annual commen<|ement exercises ot tlie Adams county elementary schools, to be held May 24 at 2 pin. at the Geneva high school, wax announced today by Lyman L. Hann, county school superintendent. The program: March Shirley Ann Fiueckiger. Invocation Rev R. S Miller Instrumental solo — James Elwood Miller. AJiilross Phil Eokew. principal Wabash high school. Piano duet Eloise Smith and ! Kathleen Kautman. Presentation of diplomas County superintendent and trustees. Piano solo— Beverly Jean l,ob slger. Benediction Rev W. F John son Tlie county board of education I lx composed of the fidlowing trus tees from Hie respective townships: Floyd 1,. M.ver j . Blue Creek: Eli Graber. French: Ralph M Miller. Haltford: Brayton Pyle, Jeffer son; II II High. Kirkland; Howard Gllliom Monroe; chatji<-x Fuhrman. Preble; George Schieferstein. Root; B. P Johnson. St Mary's; Charles Burdg, I’nion. ('. A Teeter. Wabash; John B Stoneburner. Washington Day Os Recollection For Men Here Sunday A day of Recollection for men of tin- parish will be held at St Mary’s church Sunday. Participants will attend Hie 7: 3tt o'clock maun and receive Holy Communion Tlie sermons by a missionary priest will be given in tlie Catholic high school auditorium, followed by lienedicHon of the Blessed Sa<ratneiit in the church. O Summer School To Open Here May 26

Complete Semester Credit To Be Given Plans for the annual summer school at Decatur juniorsenior high school were announced today by W Guy Brown, school principal. Classes, to he held six days each week from 7 am. until 12 o'clock noon, will be started Monday, May 26, and will continue for a 12 weeks' period. The classes are equivalent to a full semester and a full semester’s credit will be given to students who successfully complete the courses. Mr. Brown will lie in charge of all classes, which will inqludc sociology, American government, business English. American literature and others if the demand warrants, he said. Approximately 20 students have been enrolled to date. Students of schools in the surrounding area are Invited to attend the summer classes.

One Killed, Three Critically Injured Muncie. Ind, May 17 (UP) Three members of a Texas family were in critical condition today with injuries suffered in a collision which killed Jose ('astro, 4tl. Lapryor, Tex. Hix wife. Guadalupe. 3M, and two of their children, were in a New Castle hospital. Two other children, including 19-year old Francisco, who wax driving, were not injured o Mobile X-Ray Units Checking Hoosiers Hundreds Os Cases Os TB Are Reported Indianapolis, May 17 tl'Pi Hundreds of Hoosiers who thought their lungs were healthy are learning they have active caaex of tuber- • ulo-is. a spokesman for the Ind iana tuberculosis association said today Murray A Auerbach, executive sei rotary of the association. «taid approximately 220 active infections were found in the fi st 100,000 tost - made with three mobile chest X ray units now touring Indiana "Most of these are persona who had no idea they had tuberculosis," Auerbach said Many other persons tested were found with "early T-B” tlie beginning stages of the active dis eaee. he added

Tlie mobile chest X-ray program, spoti'oriil by tlie association, the state board of health and local T B groups and medical smietiex. is considered by many medical authorities ;m one of tlie most comprehensive steps ever taken in Indiana in disease control In tlie last few months. Hie X-ray units have toured a little mor** than half of Hie state’s 92 count ies Tectnicians take X ray pictures of tlie (-he.-t cavities of rural ami urban residents. Within a few days, tlie individual who was tested gels a letter telling him whether he is free of tlie disease or infected If Hie latter, he i* advised Io see his doctor right away Auerbach says statistics In Ills office show that one person out of every 20 is infected But many of the infections are scars on tlie lunge which have healed. In* added. Tims far, two and two-tenths persons out of every Lt’OO tested hare been found to have active T-B The national average is three out of 1,000, Auerliacli said. Medical authorities believe that the X-ray texts are highly Important in saving lives. "Generally apeaking.** Auerbach said, "people don't learn tiiey have T-B until they are Infected in an advanced stage Os those who are sick enough to consult a physician, about Mt percent are advanced. The X-ray spotc infections in the early stages and as a r<*ult many lives are saved.” Auerbach quoted statistics show ing that more Ilian SO percent of tubercular* treated early recover, while only about Hi percent of those submitting to treatment after the dkteaxe reaches an advaneed stage get well. "In tuberi ulosis xanitarlums." he said, "only II percent of Hie patients are those in the early stages Eighty-nine penent are in advanced stages " ITurg To Psgx S, Column O

President's Mother Is Critically Ill; Truman Flying To Her Bedside

Southwestern Beil Telephone Strike Settled Strike Involving 35,000 Workers Is Ended By Agreement St Louis, May 17 II l>» The Southwestern Bell Telephone strike involving 35 emu workers in five slates wax sctth-d early to day. Everett F. Cotter, general c-ottn k-I for the Southwestern Tele phone Workers union, said the settlement include wage increases averaging (142 per week Settlement of tile 3'tday strikewax reached after several hours of continuous negotiations lasting into the early hours of the morn ing Telephone strikes In most other sections of the nation al , ready hid been ••tiled Cotter said the terms of the set Hement were "the most xatisfac tory readied by any union in bar gaining with coinisinies of the Bell system." He said the new contract will provide "flat, across the board increases of ft per Week in basic wages, with increases of 42 cent |ier week in fringe item* " Company spokesmen, however, said that starting wages had been ■ raised in some instances only (2 or (3 weekly The union said it would direct its members to return to work "immediately, except in larger cities when- pl< ket lines still are maintained by affiliated unions on strike against American Telephone tn Telegraph company's subsldiarI ies." Cities where such picket line? still arc in force include St Lottis. Kansas City and Houston and Ballas, Tex No ratification of tin- contract by union members is necessary, union officials said Company spokesmen aid it would take several days for xerv ice to return to normal and asked subscribers to continue limiting their calls The raises are effective III) the date the workers return and <on tinue in effei I for one year The union failed to win its campaign for a union simp ami dues • heckoff. End Dispute Indianapolis, May 17 ilT't Four Indiana telephone winkeriinions today prepared to ratify! ('l'm n Tu I'age Cidilinti .'■> ii All 01 Poppy Money For Disabled Vels Legion Auxiliary To Conduct Sale Here "Help and hope i« the mean Ing of tin- memorial poppy to those who are paying the human lost of our world war victories Mrs Adrian Baer, rehabilitationk i hail man of Adams unit I I of the American Legion auxilitiry. slated today as the auxiliary con tinned preparations for Hie an nuai observance of Poppy Bay May 24 "All the money contributed by these who wear poppies in memory of fbe war dead goes to aid the wars’ living victims, the disable-! veterans, their families and (he families of tile dead " she eX plained "Tile dimes, quarters and dollars dropped into the contri bution lioxes of the volunteer poppy workers are the principal source of support for the cotitin uoiix rehabilitation and child wel fare work of the auxiliary "The government does much for the disabled lint the government cannot do everything. There are many veterans and veterans' fam iiies who do not come within the legal provisions for compensation There are many others whose compensation is too meager to meet their needs There are many fields of servbe into which of ( fictal agencies cannot reach and : (Turn To J’aao i, Column 7)

Critically 111 1 , F ...jO / z ■. 4||l Mother Truman Plaintiff Awarded I \ $4,600 By Jurors Fort Wayne Damage Suit Is Concluded i After deliberating les- than three hours an Adams circuit • outi petit jury lab- Friday even 1 Ing awarded David Thoma- a ?I '.<»» judgment in hi ■ damn ■•■ suit against Albert Komanowski Tile jury received tile ia •• shortly alter I" P m ami re turned .with a verdict .it 7 ' \bout an hour of this time was taken up by the evening meal when they were taken Io a loi ttl I r« taurant by bailiff Fred Kolt< r ; Thomas, a • o'or- I n -id>-nt ol i Fort Wayne, asked for (lu.iHte for injuries allegedly received in Fort Wayne in May IPIS. when; a truck iti which h>- w.i < rirfi-i-- , wax struck by a cat driven by I •he defendant (Turn To l'ag<- S, Column it 0 John W. Harshman Is Taken By Death __ ■ Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon John W llar-hman 12. con striii'tion i unii;i-to, of SS illshire I) . die I I'l uiay at Ihe home nt .1 sister Mt Sylvia M< • 'ey ot Moreland aftet a ix months ill Hess of < ar< inotna He wa* Itorn tn Willshire Feb i uaty It I- a on of John and Mary llarshniati Suiviving atthree • broth«*i>. f(.tv llat-hmati of Sdatiis county, Roy of Delphos, (i and Ku- -ell of Mishawaka and wo i-ters, Mt Flossie Mun-on of Dowa gtai . Mii Ii and Mi s Mi ’ iy on- sister |ire< cded him in dent h Funeral Services Will lie held I at I Io o'diM-k Sunday afternoon at the home of the brother. Ray two mile- northeast of Willshire and at 2 oclixk .it the Wri-n I Il church Burial will b«- in th-, Fletcher li-metery The |H«iy will be removed from the Bl.n k funeral home to the h- ld--lu • at I o'clock this afternoon 15 Are Injured As Bus Hits Streetcar Indianapolis. May 17 il'l’l Fiftm-n passenger on an Indiana polix • Io - Terre Haute box wen* injured last night when the coach rammed a city street car Five of the passengers were treat-d at Methodist hospital and released The others were bruised and shaken and continued theft - trip toward Ter e Haute in an- 1 other hua. I None ot tile streetcai fiaexengers .was injured, police said.

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94 Year Old Mother' Os Chief Executive Critically 111 At ’* Home In Missouri Grandview Mo. May 17 (!’P> Mother Truman took a turn for the worse at 2 ant tt'STj ■ today and the family physician reported her condition "very critical as I’rc-sideiit Truman fl-w from V, a-bin-ton to her ' bed-lde • t'-.nitdl. atlon- have set In.” ’')•• phy -)• mu. In Joseph W. . Greene r- pi-rte-l "'(he “tnldenI Iy went into chills and general I leldlityHr Green) -aid Mrs Martha E Truman '•(. had Ite.-n in good i condition yesterday morning Out id<- tin- lit'le yellow bungalow home of the president’s mother. Uric Gen Wallace Graham. the president’s personal physician, c otifirmi-d that her condition was < ritii al Graham has been here since* last Friday when he flew from Randolph Field Tex . on rec dpt of word that Mother Truman had • offered a setbat k The presi lent cam- home for Mother’s Day He spent three hours with her ami mother ami son had a "lively chat Her condition was much better that day , ' She still has a lot of vitality." he explained. "luii her spirit is • low " Members of the family assentI bled in the modes’ home behind th-- *t H-enini- f- m • installed at 1 , ter Mt Truman het-amt the tia lion' chief • xct utive Vivian Truman, the other son. was there He Ilves only a short iistam e away Also there was Ml«- Mary Jane Truman. tin* -laughter with whom the mother ha livt-il for many years. \tlviseil of his motlo-r's critic* al turn. Mr Truman hurried to the airport in Washington ami took off for Grandview at •; 15 i m (GSTi lb- ami his mother have- al- ; way been very t lose Since she ■ broke her hip in a fall in mitt ’ February he has made several I flights home, if only for a few I bouts, to cheer her up ami to see for him -If how he was pro- | grossing Hot to< « a late as Mother's 8.-y ’old him the hip was kni t . ing -ali-f.c- torlly Hut the lonSlav in in <1 was hard on th--1 aged lady There was no sign of pneuI tnonia lot tor -aid Hi Gt-en said deterioration of : Mother Truman's condition came ■ very su-ldenlv Althougb the tint for told Mr 1 Truman there was no urgent m-»-il foi him to rt main here las Sunday. Graham stayed in Kan a- t’ity ami hml he--n making 1 twit. .i-lay t ails at tin- hottie to watt h lo r i imdition vt rv clttsely Before leaving Washington, ill. iho f executive w is informetl Icy idiom- that his mother -uffer oil om- st-tluick luring tin night but iall|t-i| from tha’ Later she got A little worse The president was actomp-in-tTuttt T - I’ta- •:. i’.-limn .’t o Annual Methodist Conclave Wednesday Fort Wayne Host To Annual Conference Decatur Methodists are looking forward to ’he l"lth session o' the North Indiana annual conference of 'Io- Methmllst thur-h. which will ojw-ti Wednesday at the First Methodist - hurch In Fort Wayne Fred Bust lit- Is the* ’ay conference member He ami other mem- , tiers ot the lo< 11 c hurch will atI tend Hr ,M <t la-ster, pastor of the First Methodist - hurt h In thl» -tty. will also attend the sessions and tin- xpetial meetings held for ministers Bishop Titus l«ow<- of Detroit Is president of Hie conference* and Dr A P Teter is district superintendent Aiming the ministers on the program are the Rev. Charles Tinkham and the Rev. U. S A Bridge. The conference appointment* will b« made on Suuday, May