Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1947 — Page 1

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Meh Plans Mouth Week W* n ugust | Gwu n d* or k Formed -J Xing Meeting Here ZwXdnesday Evening KgAfw nk for the biKßoxt JEHJ, ' K .how in the history of .. -taced ion- XiißiHt B Klmc' ' 1 r "I ' ' ■ EJB* h ,h ' | " l ' IH' i: '' b ‘ rf S . 'I . h . . ■ s-JB** '■ " ,l " ,l! IBB** ■"' r " "" l >:irL '*' r iiv "' HKl,. .hi Son 'his year with '" ’’ ' ''' ' ..Jßrl Downtown Site "WB"'’'’ *'» ak’" l " s’acod in Decatur. with thiSHK| - ' 'of 'Io- s)|. w 1». held in and In ||||||H( " I ..'O' ’ J 04)1 ■ ' plans anno ll.' ' I 'he meeting at th.|g|l|K, Mr Karlen said tli.it ggBB > win b«- io. <». i street. just w.'Ht of »hnh 'he l&HKni.n. \ tent 3b x ion will till* to Ws.'-Mrro' of the dairy calf exthe BB* I .l.i-Ity Wav. a tent ”.o ' '•'HI house ’Io- balance BBB ||: '"'' ■ alf exhibit, in add, ■Hi./.ii and poultry exhibit SnKriii be located on Libelty ■■uc east of the post offlc. jfflSM-E.vt of this tent a 30 x 15" SgMrtO Mill house the hog ex of the hogs will he MVln the gap between the two HfaflLti Liberty Way Judging of beef cattle will be ion in a special ring on Third in the rear of the court The beef calf auction may held there, or on Libert' |Mh ev.tit tin- west-rinost tent in time for sale the LBB**'^ 1 he placed in special arranged in the gym WB* ,h, ‘ Iterator junior school. A tent, of yet ’ size, will be erected street in front of the ■bßi<>siuiii entrance to house ex Buhl of the Decatur Boy and ■HSrouts and of the rural youth Bi ylatform will alio be erected Kfaai street for the dress revue. and other enter This was decided upon Mtiniimi- the traffic congestion B w ! ° n Second street during B Tentative Program tentative program calls for ■BfP'-ning parade on Wednesday and other entertainment. ®B*>hnii.ary plans call for a and night's entertain <>n Thursday, opening with battle shortly after the Jfcpr hour, to be followed by a program. ■Bling matches between youngBB- stunts by the rural youth entertainment by Scouts B— others are being considered. Friday night, the dress revue Bally one of the features of xhow— will be moved back to to permit the beef calf aucio start at s pin cattle will be judged on hogs on Thursday and HB calves on Friday. industrial tents will be perbecause of the lack of Mr. Karlan stated Book will he printed covering ■S’* lo * and proceeds derived advertising in the book will to help defray the ex of staging the event. It is to deliver one of the pro Io every residence in the i B M Names Committees ■ norman I Drew wan named last ■ h > by Mr. Karlen as eneral B •f'laor of the event. * ■ hher committee chairmen. to Page s. Column SI —o B Weather cloudiness this BF' ern °o'’- Showers beginning g she extreme northwest. Oe aß’ lan *l showers or thundertonight and Friday «^B* f,noon < heavy In the north portion. Not so cool north 'ontral portions tonight. Muth portien , pri-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Truman To Conclude Canada Visit Today* Important Actions Wait Truman Return Ottawa, June 12 — dp, _ President Truman will <-nd his thrce-day goodwill visit to Canada today and return to Washington where he faces two of the most important decisions of his White House career, action on tile Republican sponsored tax reduction bill and the Taft Hartley labor measure. There were no state functions on Mr. Truman’s agenda today, just a luncheon at the Seignory Club on the banks of the Ottawa river 45 miles from the capital. After lunch he will return to Ottawa and will depart for Washington at 9 p. tn CST tonight aboard his special train. The president and Mrs. Truman dined last night with Prime Minister W I. Mackenzie King at Laurier House, the town residence of the prime minister. The president was not expected to act on the sl.ooo.oito.mio tax reduction bill until Monday. Action on the labor bill will come later in the week Administration sources, while declining to be specific, forecast a Veto on both counts. Mr, Truman will arrive back in Washington about U :>o p m. CST Friday. The president has been received here in a manner that prompt ed him to describe it as unequaled in Ills political career. Before a cheering joint session of the Canadian parliament yesterday. the president bld for support for his "doctrine" of aid to the weaker nations and expressed confidence that Canada would go along witli his country's policies. Mackenzie King assured him this would be true " - - -o - Discontinue Closing Stores For Funerals The practice of closing business houses during funerals will lie discontinued in the future, it was announced today following a meeting of the retail committee of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, held lust night. laical stores will continue closing on Saturdays at 9 p.m., it wtut also announced It was pointed out during tile discussion on the dosing time that most industrial employes work 40 hours per week, whereas stone remain o|>en 55 to 70 hours, thus affording ample time. o — Committee Urges General Tax Cut Washington, June 12 - (VPI — The committee for economic development. a group of economists and leading businessmen headed by president Paul G. Hoffman of Studebaker Corp, today called for a general cut in taxes on individuals and business but didn't say when it should go into effect In a repoit which took two years to complete, the CKD also warned small business that the present boom can't last, and proposed a program to bolster the •'little fellow's” chances of weathering the possibility of a slump. - — o Verdict Appealed In 'Popcorn Case' New Trial Motion Denied By Court The verdict of an Adams circuit court jury in the "popcorn case" of Charles Dinger against the Confection Cabinet company recently will be appealed to the Indiana appellate court. D. Burdette Custer, counsel for the defendant company, filed for an appeal this morning before Judge J- Fred Fruchte after the court overruled a motion for a new trial. A jury of April 17 found for the plaintiff in the sum of »I.92«J<>which he claimed was owing him for popcorn which he had raised for the company under contract. Mr Custer then filed a motion for a new trial, which was argued before the court recently. Th*' appeal bond wa* at |2floo and the defendant company given until July 1 to post the bond H W Probst of Kendalville, DeVoss 4 Smith of Decatur represent the plaintiff In the action.

Retail Sugar Rationing Is Brought To End Industrial Users Remain On Ration, Keep Price Control Washington. June 12 tl’P)— American housewives were free to throw away their last ration books today after five years of standing in line with hope in their hearts and occasional white lies on their lips. Retail sugar rationing, last major wartime Irritant of the buying public, ended last midnight by order of agriculture secretary Clinton P Anderson, tine of the first government food controls of world war 11, it had been Imposed In April, 1942. Anderson's edict freed from further rationing such users as housewives, hospitals, restaurants and hotels. Sugar still will he rationed to bakeries, soft drink and candy manufacturers and other industrial users, and will remain under price controls until Oct. 31, unless Anderson decides to scrap them before that date. A drive to end price controls on sugar got under way In congress shortly before Anderson's order, and indications were that it would be pressed Sen. Hugh Butler, R . Neb., proposed that congress end the controls June 3fl by cutting off funds to administer them. He said recent developments made It clear that the legislators erred In extending the controls until Oct. 31. Republican* in congress claimed credit for ending the rationing, pidnting out that they were rush inx bills through the house and senate tliat would have done the job If Anderson hadn't beaten them to the punch. House Republican leader Charles A. Halleck of Indiana said he was happy that Anderson had "recognized the wisdom" of removing the sugar restriction. But he emphasized that "this action is not in line with the attitude of most Democrats . . . who consistently have opposed removing the controls" "We Republicans.” said Halleck, “have been working consistently Turn T<> Page 2. Column «) o— ■ ■■ Decatur Youth Named Boys State Officer Medford Smith Is Elected Wednesday Medford Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Smith of this city, one of five Adams county boys attending the annual Hoosier Boys State at Indianapolis, was elected as superintendent of public Instruction Wednesday at the election held at the state. Smith was one of the slate of Nationalist party candidates which swept into office after a heated four day campaign J Richard Harris. Boonville, was elected as governor of the Boys State, defeating Joe Fox of Anderson. Other successful officers were: Carl Holt man. Evansville, auditor; George Mitchell. Danville, treasurer: Bob Munder, Indiana pois, attorney general; Jack Alex ander. Indianapolis, supreme and appellate court clerk: Jack White, Indianapolis, reporter for the same courts. Indiana's real governor, Ralph Gates, was scheduled to address the 450 boys at the citizenship camp today. The week long state is sponsored by the American Legion. Smith is sponsored at the Bovs State by the Decatur Lions club. Other Adams county youths attending are: James McCrory and John Glllig, Adams Post 43. American Legion. James Cowens. Loyal Order of Moose: Clyde Fennig. Berne American Legion post. 0 Richmond Attorney Honored By Britain Richmond, Ind , June 12 —tl'Pl - William T. Hornaday. Richmond attorney, today was Informed that he has been awarded the order of the British empire by the British government for his work with the office of strategic services during the recent war. Hornaday, a former member of the FBI, served with the intelligence service in England, k rance, the Philippines aud Japan.

OHLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 12, 1947

Marshall Pleads For State Funds

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SECRETARY OF STATE George C Marshall (liftl discusses with .Senator Style* Bridges iRi. N. H., proposal to Bridges' Senate appropriations sub-committee to restore all but’ 1.j.h00.000 of th>160,000,mm House cut in state department funds. Marshall insists the Communist coup in Hungary and Soviet expansion in the Ba - kans "emphasizes importance of not whittling funds."

Take Bids For New Union Chapel Church Restrict Contracts To County Residents Blds for the construction of the new Union Chapel Evangelical I'nited Brethren church, northeast of Decatur, will be received until 2 pm.. Saturday, June 2k. It was made known today. Plans and specifications are on file at the residence of tin- church paator. the Rev D. 11. Pellett, 121 South Fourth street. A legal notice to bidders will appear in Friday's issue of the Daily Democrat. The notice states that "in appro elation of tlie sph-ndid response of the people of Adams county, the building committee voted to restrict tlie awarding of contract* to residents of tlie county." Earl Chase is president of the building committee The new church is to I reefed to replace one dest oyrd by fire on December 2. 1946. It was estimated recently that the new struc Hire might cost 83<i.<Mio. More than 82OJ"tu toward this amount ha* been raised by contributions from various churches. turn To Page c«l mn •) o Decatur Student Is Awarded Scholarship MiM Ma y Ldtz. daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Leitz, ha* been award'd a scholarship to Ball State teachers college at Muncie, it was made known today Miss l.eitz was graduated from the Decatur junior-senior high school last month and plane to enter tlie college this fall o — Four Men Fined For Traffic Violations One Denies Guilt To Speeding Charge Three men were fined for traffic violations and a fourth pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Mayo- John B Stultx in city court late Wednesday afternoon Robert Swoveland and Tony Spangler, both of route five, Decatur: Dale Osborn. Fort Wayne, were all fined 41 and costs total! Ing 111. Merle Foor. Pleasant Mill*, pleaded not guilty and a hearing was set for Saturday afternoon. He Im to post 125 cash bond All four were arrested late Tuesday afternoon by sheriff Herman Bowman on charges of speeding through the village of Monmouth. Another Arre»ted Ray Lininger. 29. Fort Wayne truck driver, was arrested about 6:30 o’clock thl* morning by sheilff Bowman, for "running"' a stop sign on federal toad 27 in Berne. r He pleaded guilty before justice of peace Ernest Stengel and was fined 81 and cost*, totalling 14.50 Lininger was driving south on 27 when he ran the sign at the intersection of the highway with state road 118.

BULLETIN Columbus, Ind., June 12— (UP) — A 50-year-old teller admitted today that he embezzled more than SIOB,OOO from the bank where he worked for 19 years, official* of the 4rwin-Union Trust Company announced. The bank official*, in a prepared statement, said they had a signed confession from Delmer C. Schuder, who greeted patron* at the No. 1 window for year*. He told them he took the money in gradually increasing amount* over a 12year period, they said. Farmers Work Nights For Planting Crops Take Advantage Os First Good Weather Adams county farmers, armed with tractors and floodlights, have started their battle with the wea flier in an effort to get their corn crops into tlie ground before it is too late. A trip through the rural section* of Adams county Wednesday night gave evidence that the farmers were going to win out over the heavy spring rains which have hampered Hie planting of crops Tractors, equipped with front and back spotlights, were in evi dence in all sections of the county last night as men worked the clock ardttnd in an effort to get their seed in the ground Work which has been delayed weeks by the heavy spring rains was started in full force In many part* of Adams county Wednesday Farmers state that if the sun continues to shine through. Thursday and if the drying winds continue to blow, most of the farm lands, with the exception of the very low land, will be workable by Friday. On some farms, two and three tractors were being operated, with plowing, discing and planting be ing done one after the other Several reports coining to this office were to the effect that almost all planting would be completed In another week By 10 o’clock Wednesday night, farm homes and barn* which normally tire dark by that time, had lights turned on. evidencing the fact that the women folks were keeping the coffee hot for the workers through the night On several of the larger farms in this locality, the men were working in shifts through the entire day and night It is generally believed that with a little break in the weather, most farmers will complete their planting soon and If there is a late fail, crop* should be almost normal. . «... .-O -— —— Residents Urged To File Assessments Members of the Adams county Iwiard of review today urged all persons missed during the 1947 assessing period to call at the courthouse and make out their ass***ment forms. This will eliminate the necessity of being assessed later, and perhaps paying a delinquent penalty dur ing the taxpaying period next year Tax receipt* will be necessary to secure driver s licenses neat year, also.

New Floods Building Up In Four-State Area As More Rainfall Forecast

Truckload 01 Cream Destroyed In Wreck Kraft Foods Truck Involved In Wreck Spproxltnately 12.000 worth of cream was destroyed and one person hurt about 5 30 o'clock this morning when a Kraft Foods Co. truck left the road and rolled over In n ditch The accident occurred one half mile south of Coppess Corner on federal road 27 William Kenney. 21. 722 Spencer street, driver of the truck, told deputy sheriff Sam Bentz, who investigated. that he fell asleep returning here from Kentucky. The truck veered to the left side of the road, went into a ditch and then ploughed into another -mall creek, running at right angles from the road Contents of 144 cans of cream were poured Into the creek and surrounding field Driver Pinned Kenny wax pinned in the cab of his truck, a new vehicle on the road for the third time, according to Kraft company officials. A neighbor. Oswald Nyffeler. was attracted to the scene and called the offices of sheriff Iler man Bowman. When deputy Bentz arrived. Kenney was still In the crushed cab. Aided by Mr Nyffeler and others, the driver was extricated only after another truck was used to pull the truck up enough to force the door of the cab open Kenny almost miraculously escapes! with head cuts and bruises, a lacerated hand and an injured leg He was treated at the Adams county memorial hospital am! then released Deputy Bentz said that the truck wax almost totally demolish ed The body of the truck, a large closed affair, was torn from the < hasxls The cab wax smashed down and the steering wheel torn loose and thrown outside the cab More than an hour was required to pull the wreckage from the < reek bed o Strike On French Railroads Settled Strike Os 500,000 Workers Is Settled Paris, June 12 fl’Pl Trains began running on the nationalized French railroads today a few hours after settlement of a six day strike by 500.000 railroad workers An agreement ending the para lyzing tleup was signed early today by government and strike leaders Rail traffic had been halted since last Friday midnight Jean Tourneinaine, leader of the railway labor federation, broad cast an urgent appeal for the strikers to get hack on their jobs By 10 30 am suburban and main line service was restored Throngs of travelers hurried to the deserted Paris terminals when news of the settlement was published By 9a m the stations were packer! with travelers, many of them stranded since Friday. Premier Paul Ramadier signed an agreement with union leaders after 13 hours of almost contlnotis negotiating The agreement granted the railroad men wage increases aud other pay benefits totaling 9.000.000,000 francs <475.630,2521 for the remainder of 1947. The strike against the state-con-trolled railroads halted all rail traffic except food trains leaving thousands of travelers and wood lie travelers stranded The government had operated emergency hux and air service to ease the jam The agreement granted wage In creases 1,000.000,000 francs greater than the figure previously set by Ramadier as th* highest that could be paid without jeopardizing the country's shaky financial equllibirum. The unions had demanded a 12.000.000,000 franc boost. The strik er* gut twothird* of what they sought.

Conferees On Rent Bill Agree To Compromise House Vote Would Liquidate Office Os Frank Creedon Washington, June 12. (I’Pt House senate rent conferees were confident today that congress will ' give housing expediter Frank R Creedon funds to administer rent control through Feb 29, 194 R. The house voted yesterday to liquidate Creedon's office, and moat government building controls, on July 1 At almost the same time, the congressional rent conferees agreed on a bill to extend rent control through the first two months of 194 k and to put Cree don in charge of the program Sen C. Douglas* Buck. R . Del., and other conferees predicted confidently that congress would end up by giving Creedon enough money to <l* the rent joh. Ruck said the compromise rent hill should be ready for final action before the week ends Sen Glen H Tavlor. Ida . a Democratic conferee, said In advance he thinks President Truman should veto it. Tlie controversial bill would 1 Freeze rent ceilings as of the date the measure becomes law 2 Permit individual landlords and tenant* to work out "mutual consent" rent increases of 15 per cent where the landlord gives a lease extending through Dec 31, 194 k Increases would be 15 per cent aliove "frozen rent ceilings S Directs Creedon to set up volunteer rent boards to do most of the rent-control joh. Boards could recommend area wide decontrol or area-wide rent boost* Their main task would be to assure hard pressed landlords individual ' hardship" relief. I Ends rent control on hotel accommodations. newly rented, new ly built and converted housing 5 Junks government building controls except for < urbs on con •truetton of theaters, bowling al leys and other "amusement" places 6 Puts eviction taxes under state law. thereby discarding special safeguards such as the six months notice now required for most evictions 7. Abandons the present en for< ement set up. but provides that in the case of landlord violations tenants can sue for triple dam ages or the rent administrator can seek an injunction: (Turn Io Page •. ■•-,’ufnit 71 o Ex-Senator Walsh Is Taken By Death David Walsh Dies Wednesday Evening Boston, (June 12 (TP) Fun* era! services will be held Saturday for David I Wahh ninth child of |H>or immigrant parent* who went to the I' S senate in 1919 ax the first Democrat to serve Maxxai'hUMetts in that body since the Civil war, and stayed there for 26 years Walsh, a life-long bachelor, died late yesterday at the age of 74 Death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage The World War II chairman of the senate naval affairs committee had been in seclusion since hi* de feat last fall by Republican V. S Sen He ry Cabot Lodge. Jr Once a militant liberal, Walsh opposed lend lease, conscription and aid to Britain before Pearl Harbor but worked for a two-ocean fleet He fought to enlist women in the navy, and campaigned to keep them from being assigned to overseas stations He demanded once during the war that the entire fleet be called home to defend American water*. Walsh wax elected governor of Massachusetts in 1914 and again in 1915. He served five term* In the U. 8. ■anat*. _

Price Four Centi

New Rises Already Begun On Streams } In Area, Million Acres Crops Lost By United Pres* New floods wer~ building up today in a four stale area of I lie midwest. which aln ady had lost an estimated million acii-, of cropland to rampaging rhe Itivei forecast-- - a’ Kan-n* City -aid flooding would ocelli today and tonight in th<- adjoining corners of Missouri. Nebraska. lowa and Kansas N<-w rls»» have already begun on all Mrearn- in no thwest Missouri, northea-t Kansas, southeast Nebraska and xouthw«wt lowa, said forecaster Ralph Ulrich " \dditional rains, ax forecast, may <au-e very dangerous conditions," lie added Heavy rains fell In that area during the night. Fo ci asters at St. I.ouls raised the possibility of re-flooding of lentral Missouri lowlands and said new disa-ters along the Mississippi river still lunged on heavy rainfall The Missouri river will rise for several days from Lexington to the mouth of the Grand, whose turbulent waters already had helped cause the Missouri to overflow 45o<»hi acres of rich farmland downriver Tlie forecaster* eaid the stages will equal ot slightly ex ei-d those set by the now receding water*. Al Dex Mollie*. the federal weather bureau reported that present heavy ralne over the lower DesMoines and Raccoon river valleys would cause new overflows »elow that city The Des Moines was within It* bank today at Eddyville and Ottumwa. hard hit last week, hut stage* two to three feet aliove flood were lon'idered possible at Ottumwa if the rains continue. S' I.ouls experts believed that the firs' < rest of the Missouri. dm- tonight at Hermann. Mo. would follow the crest of the Mississippi as it passed their < onfluetice opposite Alton 111 Barring heavy tains. -aid a C S army engineers spokesman, we don't expect any erioti* trouble between Si Isniis and Cairo. 11l There shoul I be no a< tual damage at the confluence, two )i vee* outh of St laiuis (Grand Tower 111 , and Ste Genevieve. Mo i were hreai-hi-d In the April flood and are already filling The people there have plelltv of warning and the situation is under control" Tin- Mississippi's i rest held a good lead I' war ’-.-t reported rorlh of Winfield. Mo about 60 river miles from Alton and was < xpeeti d to reach St Lillis tomorrow Tlo- Missouri < rest was teportel about II" miles from Alton It moved past Jefferson City early 'odtiy leaving f.o.ooti acres of flooded farmlands Red Cross officials said their latest count showed more than 5 ""0 persons still were homeless ns a result of floods They said :: I"’’ w. re homeless in Missouri and 1 716 in Illinois Seventeen < Turn T‘> I’'« « •..til'"" S I —0 Blue Cross Plans In Annual Conference Syracuse, Ind, June 12 fl’Pl— The annual three day mill west conference of Blue Cross plan- opened at the Spink Wawasee h-itel today. Blue Cross representatives were expected from Illinois. Ohio, Michigan. Kentucky. Pennsylvania and Indiana Guy W Springer, exe utlve director of the Indiana plan, eaid th" hospitalization insurance p ogram has attained a membership of mute than 27.000.000 Hoosier membership exceeds 250.00 b. he said -...— — Fort Wayne Man Is By Shotgun Wayne. Ind, June 12 — tl’l’t Police today held Beatrice Russell Ward. 38, on a loitering charge pending a coroner'* investigation following his admission last night to killing Jaine g Summer* with a ehotgun Ward said the dead man had threatened him and that he picked up a shotgun and fired blindly through a window as summer* pounded on hi* door. Ward *urr*ud«r«d to police,