Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1947 — Page 1

XLV. No. 121.

PRESIDENT SIGNS FOREIGN RELIEF RILL

Late To Vote Lday On Tax Eduction Bill ■ ote On Democratic Motion To Consider K|| postponement ' ,fl y 22 —(UP) — |K n orr-'-l to take a ■>>„(,. Monday on the Repub ■nt reduction bill. ,„(»■ I'K-n on a Democratic ■, hl postpone farther conK io n of the bill. ■_.,„ of both partis* agreed It ■< a vital tert for tax reK, predicted the loiild lo— Democrats, how ■boH to pt" •» wi,h ,he ■'- ..n'hcf.-m-e Republicans ■ GUP wants to complete at- ■, , ; >e measure in time to put into effect J lly 1- The ■can say they want to get a o. Jiow mil' ll the govern ■ vli l k p. nd and tak<- In during ■lilt|H» r congre-elonal develop Hep. John Me■l 11. »aid Communists are ■ ,nnigxled Into thia country ■ '.|.v<o by plane and boat in K>> numbers." He proponed a plane patrol to I’top them general Tom Clark has ll'-gal entile* from Mex--15,a month. K E A Kerttchbatwner. ■burgh Steel broker, told sena couple of gun- ■ invaded hl* New York hotel ■ bit March and told him to *teel for them "or else" ■flu--e are investigating steel Spokesmen for the New Biademy of medicine told a committee that the adnilnl- ■<>» proposed national health plan would cause "rapid of medical *tandThey endorsed instead the ■ mH to provide federal health >tatfti. Chairman Edith N predi< t>-<| early approval ■th--ii-ni*.- veterans committee Mkri'latioti to increase voter ■ *h<*>l allowances from s«.'> ■r> for single men and from ■to ?1 jo tor married (Il’s plus ■ for each child. The hou*e Hunnnttee deferred action ■ > measure to increase voter-on-tbe-job benefits. ■star- Members of the Joint ■br-tse committee on labor for.-cast early agreeon a projatMl to refuse ■rrtinunt recognition to mi with communist officers. ■ only difference between tin ■»' and the senate measure* ■tu the house would extend re-friction to cover former Senate conferees ’hat this provision would ■< t<> discourage the “reform" ■'ommumsts, and house mem ■ indicated willingness to go with the senate version. broadcasts — ChairJohn Taber of the house committee said ■ date department s internaEl B*'' 8 *'' ls(or ’t>ation and cultural should be able to get ■“ with les* than a third oi g miuested 131.381.000. The lEp®. which includes the of America" broadcasts. ■" *-» with les* than 110.00 A- . if jt W e r e run ■ To Pa Ke s. Column 4) ■ — 0 ■J- Maggie Steele ■Token By Death ■? S, “«i*- Steele, 86. widow of nth and a former rest■*“«4tur, died a t < p.m. Wed »t the home of a daughter. ■J" im *' !l Welsh, in Delphos. * include another daugh ■L? Maynard A«h of Cold ■L* l(h a sister, .Mrs O. C. t ' f Ossian and a footer ■T* 1 "’’rvicM will l>e held at ■ ( .® Sa, " rda y f the tEltrey * ■hi cT*! * ,onie ' n with ■ 'h» Decatur cemetery Jr., WEATHE « ■*«* f‘r d w * rmer ‘his after■tu., S,| °** d by showers and thunderstorms in ■tes, we »‘ portions to■7 . " " , ®«» of stat* FrlIT' "'"9 Molsr Friday.

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BULLETIN Dayton, ()., May 22 (UP) — Air force officials at Wright Field said today that five persons were killed and two others injured when a transport version of a superfortress crashed on a farm near the field. Crash crews rushed to Ihe spot where the giant four-motored C-97 fell shortly before 11 a, m. (’ST. The two injured men were taken to nearby Patterson Field hospital. — o All Defendants Are Acquitted In Lynch Trial 28 South Carolina Men Acquitted In Mass Lynch Trial Greenville, 8. May 22H'P» All 28 defendants in the ma** lynch trial including burly Roosevelt Carlo* Hurd, named by codefendants as the “trigger-man” who blew out negro Willie Earle’s brains were exonerated today. An all white jury's verdict last night of “not guilty" brought a dramatic end to the almost twoweeks old trial While courtroom crowd* rushed jubilantly toward the defandants presiding Judge J Robert Martin stormed into his chamber* indicating displeasure at the jury's verdict of complete acquittal even to the indictment of con spiracy to murder. “Jury dixmissed" said Martin curtly. Moments later he donned his panama hat and quickly walk ed from the courtroom scene. Hurd, standing atop a desk waving to photographer* shouted “I feel the best I ever felt in my life. Justice ha* been done.” A northern newspaper reporter sitting around the crowded "Yankee" press table commented that the verdict was the “biggest miscarriage of Justice I’ve seen.” Unlike other day* during testimony the gallery was almost empty when the verdict was read shortly after Iff p.in. EST. Instead of the UNtial 100 or more, only 13 negroes were upstairs. Evidently they had anticipated the verdict, a reporter *aid (The last time a white man was sentenced to death for a negro's slaying in South Carolina was in 1848. In this same court judge John B. O'Neall imposed the death sentence on a South Carolina slave owner for killing two slaves. I John C. "Fat" Joy. another de(Turn T«» Pair* 6. Column 7) o — May Queen Services Here Sunday Night Miss Alice Geimer Chosen By Students The Queen of May services, honoring Mary the Mother of God. will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 o'elock at St Mary's Catholic church. Miss Alice Geimer. Catholic high school senior, was elected by the student* to crown the Queen of May. Her attendants will be the Misses Margaret Bflte and Patricia Meiher* Vhe services will consist of a procession in which the cfcrg) and high school graduates will participate. Included will be the Very Rev Msgr Joseph J Seimetl. pastor, the Rev Ignatius Vichuras. assistant pastor, several visiting clergy, the 1947 Catholic hit* school graduates wearing caps and gown*, the May first Communion class, high school boy* vested in cassock and surplice and high school girls in uniform. The crowning of the Queen of May will take place in the sanctuary. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will conclude the devotions.

May Finishes Testimony In Fraud Trial Declares Innocence On Every Charge As Made By Government Washington. -May 22—(UP) Andrew J. May wound up three days of direct testimony in his own defense today by declaring firmly that he was innocent of every fraud and conspiracy charge leveled at him by the government. Warren E. Magee, May's attorney. concluded the direct examination of the former house military affairs chairman shortly be- , fore noon. A* a final question. Magee n*k'•<l May whether he was guilty of any of the acts charged in the indictment. "Not a one," the former Kentucky congressman replied. May i* on trial along with Henry . and Murray Garsson, proprietors of a tnillion-dollar wartime munitions combine, on charge* of conspiring to defraud the government by the sale of political Influence Out-of-town defense witnesses wi-re called for questioning thi* afternoon before May undergoes cross-examination. He will be questioned first by counsel for the Garssons and then by government attorney*. May said in the final stages of his direct testimony that his only motive for intervening in the court martial of a son of one of hi* codefendant* was "to see that Justice was done." He told the Jury hl* committeewas interested in military justice. That, he said, was the only reason he interceded In the court martial of ('apt. Joseph Garsson. son ofi Murray Garsson. May and the Garsson brothers. Dr. Henry and Murray, are charged with conspiracy to defraud the government. May is charged with (Turn To Page 2. Column 4) Poppy Day Poster Winners Announced Contest Conducted By Legion Auxiliary Winners in the annual Poppy Day poster contest, sponsored by the auxiliary of Adam* post 43. American la'gion. were announced today by Mrs. Arthur E. Myer*, chairman. The contest was divided into three classes, the first composed of students in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades: the second class of those in the seventh, eignth and ninth grades and the third those in the upper three grades of high ; school. Winners in the first class: Ver , gia Sautbine. first; Carolyn Sue' Meyer, second and Charmaine DesJean. third Clase two: Ann Gass, first; Eileen Geimer, second: Adrian Baker, third. Class three: Margaret Brlte. first and Dorothy Flaugh. second : All but Miss Flaugh are studentsi of the Decatur Catholic school.' while the latter I* a student at Decatur Junior senior high. First place winners were awarded 82. second place 81 and third place. 50 cents. Winners In the three classes will be entered In the state competition. Judge* of the local contest were Mrs. Lawrence Linn and Mrs. G. 1.. Brayton. 0 Sugar Rationing May End Oct. 31 Chhago, May 22 -(UPI— Continued improvement in the sugar situation may mean ah end to rationing Indore Oct. 31. says secretary of agiiculture Clinton P. ' Anderson There has Iwen a "very snbstanlai" improvement already. Anderson told a new* conference yesterday, and if the condition continues there is no reason rationing could not he ended by Oct. 1 "or «ome other date juai a* convenient.” il

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 22, 1947

Peace “With A Little Sense” i * i 1* ■■•4 1 1 ■ ‘ ' a- MmBHQ "IF WE'LL JUST have a little sense," Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (lef i tel •» R- E.-t ,E. Mundt (i -ntert (Ri S. D. and Rep. Charles Eaton <Ri N. J, ‘ih re can "• a lasting peace in the world." The Army chief of s iff re? rates h? 4 statement given before the House foreign affairs <ommitt> - white he supported continuance of the State department's foreign language broadcast*.

Dedicate Memorial For Four Veterans St. John's Church Memorial May 30 A memorial to tour young men of the congregation at the St. John'* Lutheran church, north of Decatur, who Rtst their live* in World War II service, will It*- dedicated on Memorial Day, it wa* made known hero today The special service will be held at 9 a.m May 30 at the church cemetery, with the Rev. H J A. Boumann delivering the memorial address and performing the rites of dedication. The monument, a eitaft of gray granite, is placed in the exact center of a special memorial plot set aside in the cemetery by the congregation. It bear* the following tlon: “In memory of the young men of the St. John* Lutheran church who gave their live* for their country in World War 11. Peace I leave with you. My peace 1 give unto you; not a.i the world giveth, give I unto you. John 14:27." The respective parents placed individual memorial marker* for the boys on Hie cemetery memorial plot, all of them cut from a eingle block of gray granite. The shaft and ma ker* were made at the Wemhoff Monumental Work* here under the supervision ' George Wemhoff i* Th»- four youths and the place where each died: Ensign Elmer (* Getting. Corpus Christi. Texas; T-Sgt Walter C. Schroeder, New Guinea: Agt. Frederick W. Scheu(Turn T<» •’». Column <> Bible School Faculty Will Meet On Friday Faculty member* of the daily vacation Bible school will meet at the Methodist i-hiuch Friday after noon at 2:30 o’clock. Mrs. Russell Gwen*, dean of the school, will conduct the meeting.

Decatur Music Supervisor To Study WeeJr Under Fred Waring

Mlm Helen Haub.dd will realize an ambition of many a music lover this summer, it wa* made known today. The Decatur lady, supervisor of music in the city's public schools, will study for a week uHMer the direction of the famous Fred Waring. whooe name seems destined to become legendary in the music world. The director of the nationally known cMorus. "The Pennsylvanians." has established a school for high si hool and college choral directors —a school limited to a select group for obvious reason*. It is a session of this school, to lie held at Shawnee. Pa., which the local music directress will attend, beginning July 20. Waring, who seems to have a “Mldaw" touch since fame came hi* way. purchased a huge golf course hotel along the Delaware river and the teacher-students will lie residents of this buildina while at Shawnee. Miss Haubold, with other choral lirectors In at teadance, will bo

Additional Rainfall Forecast For State j Indianapolis. May 22 (I'P) llooHie- farmer* looked at the sun today and hoped it would cliaee the cloud* fcrom th-- sky long enough to put the soil In planting condi- > tlon. The U. 8. weather bureau in Indianapolis. however, smashed the farmers' hope*, for it said another ' rain would fall throughout the'state , tonight and tomorrow Several days of bright sun weu- needed to dry the soil. Increase In Fares Granted Railroads ,1 60 Railroads Are Granted Increases Washington, May 22 (UP> 'lnterstate traveler* in the northI eastern United States are in for in- . creases of 13.83 jiercent in railroad coach fares and fi "•’> percent i in pullman fa •-* Sixty railroad* have received authority from the interstate coinI merce commission to boost conch ’ fare* from 2.2 to 2.5 cent* a mile and pullman fare* fro.. 3 3 to 3.5 j cents The ICC called the increase “moderate" and said the carder* 1 are "justly" entitled to it In light I of higher labor cost* and other i operating expenses The new fares apply generally in ' the northeastern area bounded by the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac livers In Illinois, Michigan. New ’ York and Ohio, they apply to travel ' within the state as well as travel from one state to another. The railroads are permitted to make Hie new fare* effective on five days' notice to the comnils sion. The increase,! are expected to add 817.hd0.000 to annua' passenger , revenuse Tin- following related increases also we e allowed: I 1. Daily roundtrip fares upp'-d proportionately. 'Turn T-i t’.ige 2. Column 3> - - - - - — i iil i mfci

present at all daily broadcasts of the Pennsylvanians and will attend all rehearsals to observe tiie maestro'* method* and techique. The teacher students will also be formml Into a chorus, themselves a chorus directed by Waring Mk<s Haubold'* course will cover a week and l« one of eight such session* arranged by Waring. The local music supervisor Is recognized as one of the outstanding members of her profession in this area, having d.reefed all choral work In Isith the public high and elementary schools for the past several years She lias established an enviable reputation for her organization of choral groups, and several of her student.! have become talented vocalists, apjiearlng in *peclal programs and on tadio broadcasts in the oast tew years. She expects to put to use in her work here the training and experlen<e which she acquires while attending the "Fred Waring Music I Workshop.” i

Doctrine Os Assistance To Foreign Nations Is Launched By President

Report Lewis Asks 25-Cenl Increase Coal Negotiations Now In Fourth Day « Washington, May 22 (I’Pi Informed source* *nid today that John I. Is-wis’ bargaining goal for lii* *ofi coal miner* i- a gem eral wage illcrc-a»e of 23 to 25 cent* an hour or up to »'>•'> percent more than the iiicrea*<granted in many other basic industries. la-wi* has not *|>i c-ified any formal wage demands in his current contract talk with representatives of 75 percetfl of the nation's bituminous operator* However. informed quarters Indicated that Lewis, who wants the miners' .'e4-hoiir work week reduced to 40 honrs. will demand that the money thus saved in wages be use-1 to raise the- b.i-ie hourly rateThe confere-nces between law I* and the- mine operators, now in the- fourth day. are being conducted behind a curtain of -il ence but source* clo-e- to beeth side* were optimistic that a e-on tract will be signed by the June 30 deadline Grant Vacation Waslilngton. May 22 et'l'i Preside nt Truman lias approval c ontract revisions giving mlm rlin the government ••-I• el *'>f’ [ < oal pits a three-day vacation starting June- 27 if was aim Hili' cd today This meant that the soft coal mine* will be idle' during the fin al three day* of government op eration The- government's .m thorlty to keep the mines e-xpir.•-June 3o and mile** a privatecontract i* negotiated by then there may be- a strike on July 1 Mr Truman okayed the- repote of a special iioard appointed by secretary of labor l,< wis It Schwellenbach to examine agreement* re-ached leetween eeial mine* administrator N II <‘olli son and the I'nlted Mine- Work i Turn T<> Pag - Col enin 4) • 0 — Pupil Creates Test Driver’s Equipment Will Use Equipment In School Classes Practical auto driver’s test equipment the creation of a 17year old Decatur junior senior high school student will he- put to permanent use in the school* curriculum, it was revealed today by principal W. Guy Brown. The student is Norman Leonard son. son of Mr and Mrs S E l.eonardson, and a member of thiyear's graduating class at the in stltutlon. Two pieces of equipment a depth perception test and a tunnel vision test were made by the youth in the- schools' industrial arts shop with the aid of Amos, Ketchum, industrial art* supervisor. Norman became Interested In the construction of the- equipment, while attending driver*' training classes, taught by Sylvester Ever hart and received permission' from the Instructor to proceed with the building The tunnel vision test instrument is a peculiarly shaped gadget on which the- "driver" (daces hi* nose firmly in toward the- c-onter of a fan-shaped piece of wood and! stares intently at a minute mirror Then the creator of the instra- 1 inent slowly move* two pie< e* of I white chalk —wired under the “fan "—toward the outside range of the “driver's" vision Markings along the side indicate the degree of vision efficiency Such a test, declare* Leonard *on. discloses how quickly and| i Turn To Pago I, Column (>

Little Change Reported In Mrs. Truman White House Doctor Sees Recovery Hope For Mother Truman Granlview, Mo, May 22 tl'Pi Allhough Ills brother n-poried today that Mr* Martha E Tru Iman. 94., "I* feeling mueh better." President Truman told m-w.Mnen tli.it she showed no perceptible ■ improvement after her first 12 hour* in a new met hanical bed At « a m tCSTt the president. at hl* downtown hotel suite, told newsmen that hi* mother was "a little resfles* ” Vivian Truman, emerging from the little yellow painted home here, a short tim<- earlie-- had told reporter- that their mother • l» geit.'t g alonu tine and i- fe.-l ing much l><tier ' While House pre-- -esiel.iiy Charles G Ross added that the age I Mrs. Truman whose n< <>v ery her physician* said should be sharply Itolslered by the power driven oscillating bed »|i.-nt a fairly comfortable night The president, a< < ompanied by the first lady who arrived here last night, I-- timed hi* vigil at hl* gravely ill mother's bedside immediately following the -> am ceremonies 111 Which 111 slk-lietl Hie Greek Tut kish aid lull Ailsillg at a m (CHTi Mt Truman go- the morning report on his mother by telephone from his sister. Mis* Mary Jane Tru matt, who I* constantly at MrTruman's Iw-dsi le "There ha* il-• Il no I>| , • eptjble change.' Mr Truman told newII •II “She's a lit He t -st le - t|-.|< morning ' Mrs Truman was p'.u ed In the new meclianii-al bed Wed liesday afleriKHtii The bed gent ly tilt- hei in two to the minu’e cy< les Mr Truman thanked ptodoe ' tapher* this morning for theit sympatheth treatment They had been waiting f"t five days for a picture of him and today they got their first shots a- he i s!gne<l thi- Turkish bill H<- ha<t , asked them not to lake picture at hi* mother's home Tile White House physician Brig Gen Wallace Graham. r<--Tunrn T« Pag- : '.l ino> 2i U . - — Truck Drivers Honor Ford Picket lines Drivers Refuse To Cross Picket Lines Detroit. May 22 (VPI A spoke-man V ‘he Ford Motot company said today that AFI. truck drivers had refused to cross picket line* established by the 3.sun striking foremen, member* of the Independent Foremen's As«o<'latlon of America The truck drivers supply Ford with parts from other Detroit area plants and their refusal to cross picket line* threatened prn duction at the three plant* where the foremen are on strike It was the first organised strike at the Ford Motor company since V I day The foremen quit yesterday to ■ back demands ftp- a liberalised ' contract granting exclusive col | lective bargaining right* to the FAA. Ford- official* conceded that »h»- foremen's strike had slowed production at the River Rouge, steel plant whirh processes about half of the steel used at the Rons* I to make parts for assembly units throughout the country.

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Promises Measure Step Toward Peace, Step In Support Os The United Nations Kansas City Mo, May 22 (I’Pt President Truman activated hi* "doctrine” of assistance to foreign nation* today when he signed tiie 84<MI.(M»".8<W Greek-Turkish aid bill and |>roini*cd that It wa* "a *tep toward peace" which would not be used to Iteneflt any particular group or faction in either of tiie recipient countries. "We intend to make sure thai - the aid we extend will benefit all the people* of Greece and Turkey, not any particular group or faction." he said a* he signed the bill. The President rwad his statement to reporter* at 8 a m. A'STi. leaning on the grand piano of hi* hotel suite as he spoke. When lie finished the prepared statement, he said he wanted to emphasise that the assistance program was "a step toward peace, a step to support the I'nlted Nations." The chief executive, obviously worried over the continued serious Bluesy of hi* mother, also added III* compliments to the pre** of the nation for the manner in which the bill and the deliate over it in congress wa* reported to the na tlon He said the pres* treatment of tiie idll was "a great contribution In informing the public of |»urposes of thi* act and just exactly what it is " I At the same Hine Mr Truman signed an executive order conferr lug certain administrative authority over tiie assistance program • to secretary of state George ('. M arshall Press secretary Charles G Ros* •aid the order wis ' strii-tly administrative routine Selection »t the man to administer tin- overall program was not atinouneed today but Ros* anticipated it within a day or two He “lid this phase of the program war "“till being worked on at Washington with information being relayed to Mr Truman out here The process of approving the measure which is aimed primarily at halting Hie spread of Communism in Hie middle east wa* stripped of i eremony I «ing one pen. Mr Truman affixed hi* signature io the Idll in the small dining room of hi* apartment on the top fluor of the Muehlebach hotel Then he drove Immediately to tiie bedside ot his seriously ill mother at nearby Grandview Tiie bill, flown to the President from Washington by an army courier plane, put into official motion the so-called "Truman Doctrine" which drew much fire from certain elements in congress, and particularly from left wing and liberal group* outside of congress, tine of Hie principal points of criticism wa* that Mr. Truman's plan clrciimventi-d the I'nlted Nations Rut he refuted thi* contention today "In extending the aid requested by two members of the I'nlted Nations." he said. ' the I'nlted State* is helping to further aims and purposes ident <al with those , of tiie United Nations. "Our aid in this instance Is evidence not only that we pledge our siipport to the United Nations hut that we act to support it." And in official copies of Mr. Truman's statement. Hie word "act" wad underlined The hill authorize* thi- chief executive to provide Hie Turk* and Greek* with financial aid and military equipment a* an antidote and preventative for Communism. He stated in signing the measure that its passage was "an important step in the building ot the peace." The “overwhelming majorities'’ whii h supported It In congress. h« pointed ont. constituted proof that 1)1* country “earnestly desires peace and is willing to make a vigorous effort to help create conditions of peace " (Turn To Page 2, Column 5)