Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1947 — Page 1

JT X LV. No. 145.

OUSE OVERRIDES VETO OF LABOR BILL

fcidenfsOf Hooded Areas Lille Water ■ Thousands Os Men I Bottle Desperately ■ With Flood Waters H Rv i'nited Press ■v . e . greatest flood <rest rec|>r<l<d history surged jp0!1 •)..* central Mississippi Hl ’oday and residents KI. desperately to save their and homes. Kgr.lrr.!- of families, who had Ked to leave, were ordered out Krtdanrered areas Thousands Kt-' fought on the levees with a nd shovels to barricade Kl,h'jrni*= and rivertowns from flood ■*e miles north of Quincy. 75 worked to save 17.000 acre* Ktfop* protected by the Indian K>h levee. The men worked K'> run for nearly three hours. L the night. carrying 3.000 Kibars 750 feet to stop two sand Kurd build up undermined secKg< the embankment. Km engineers said the rate of K rivers rise at Quincy bad Kp-cd hilt that a 24-foot flood Kr was expected tomorrow Knth of Quincy. 1)1.. where the Kg parsed 23 feet last night, faced an evacuation Kupite warnings that the flood Kr would he as high or higher K the all time 24.1 .foot record Kir the great flood in the same K 10 days ago, some 2.500 die K residents* refused to move. Kerff lifford W. Windsor of Kt county issued a flat order Ku uate promptly and promised K he would pst guards to preKt looting. Kat of tne die-hards were leav |the area today. The predicted k hour for the flood crest’s IP against the weakened Sny W protecting the area was movI back to Satorday morning ay engineers said it would pass ■ok la. today. it estimated 20.000 persons aldy were homeless in flooded si as the mighty Mississippi Md over fertile cornbelt farm 6 and washed into the Mis H rivertowns of Canton and Mibal to William N. Leaf, district flaser, arriving at Quincy to Hrriie the flood fight in that i "conxerfatively" estimated •iidppi and lowa flood damage k f»sr at $30,000,000. estimate lovered the Missis H from DubuqOe. la., to the end of the Sny district, some * ■ilea below Quiniy. It did not the destruction wrought by k Missouri, which army engi *• ’aid had flooded more than I*ooo acres. *!>“ floods have ravaged crops * delayed planting in Illinois. Nebraska and Missouri, re estimates of the 1947 corn * Corn future prices on the board of trade yesterday to within less than a cent: ■k*ir all-time recoid. tnn l s engineers sart frankly “ »ome of the flood fighters *- lighting a losing batte on the evees in the Quincy ’ Hanniha areas. Or two of those levees are * to have to go." said A. A. ***■ chief engineer of the •y distrist. “It depends upon jfk of these drainage districts ™ the hardest on which will ’*'*■ When one or two of the ’**• <o, the others will be re- ■ Hi." sheriffs flat order to eva- * the Sny levee district, which for 54 miles on the Illinois of the Mississippi, came after ’ ~’"b die-hard residents had ig--2* <»o warnings from the Red sod flood emergency com»ere afraid to leave be- .** they feared their homes be looted. home, evacuated Wednes,Turn To Page C Column «j 1 0 — WEATHER * rt| y cloudy and somewhat * r "'* r tonight. Saturday, ln*,lnd cloudiness with show northwest and extreme 15 Portions, warmer south, ** portions.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

May Form National Guard Unit In City Building Is Sought For Use As Armory The possibility of the formation of a national guard unit to lie housed in an armory In Decatur was seen today, following a meeting held last night at the home if Adams Post 43. American lx*g|on. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce. aided by a representative Committee of several veterans' organizations and clubs in the city, is expected to take the lead in seeking a suitable building to serve as an armory. Vnder plans related to the committee in last night's meeting hy Lt. Col. Julian Stark, the government would pay the costs of converting such a building into an annory--lf not prohibitive and would lease and maintain the structure. Caretakers would be furnished by the state and federal government. 245.000 Payroll The unit, which would be designated as a rifle company of the 38th infantry division, would embrace 235 enlisted men and seven officers. The annual payroll, according to Lt. Col. Stark, would amount to 245.000. "More important, however." he said, “is the fact that the organization provides a national defense force at the lowest possible cost to the taxpayers and builds self reliance, leadership and pride" "The new national guard will be larger in numbers and of necessity mare efficient and better equipped than the pre-war guard, which did an excellent job in the past emergency." he declirred The state would furnish all necessary equipment, he stated. The committee, which was assigned the responsibility of coordinating the activities, including the selection of a site for the armory as well as the formation of the unit, is composed of the following representatives: Mayor John B. Stults. city of Decatur; Karl Fuhrman. Decatur Rotary club; Dr Harold V. DeV’or, Limberlost Post. Veterans of For dgn Wars; T. Smith. Adams Post 43, American Legion; Severin H. Schurger. reserve officers' association; Anthony Murphy, Imyal Order of Moose, and 11. W. Prtiden, Decatur Chamber of Com merce and Decatur Lions club. Leaders of the project said today that the next step toward the formation of the unit will be the selection of a suitable building, which can be transformed into an armory at a minimum of expense, which would be approve*! by the (Turn To Page «. Column ,> 0 Effie Morningstar Dies Thursday Night Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Effie Jane Morningstar. f»S. of near Berne, ami widow of the late John Morningstar, filed at 11 o'clock Thursday night at the Adams county memorial hospital after a three weeks illness of pneumonia. She was liorn in Jefferson township July 12. IMS. a daughter of Milton and Kmiile Teeter, and was a lifelong resident of Adams county. . She was a member of the Maple Grove Church of Christ, southeast <*f Herne. Surviving are four daughters. Mrs Gordon Railing of Decatur. Mrs Marcus Schindler of Geneva Mrs Doral Butcher of Portland and Ruth Morningstar, a! home; three sons. Theodore. Airell and Gerald Morningstar, all at home; on£ sister, Sam Baumgartner of Berne, and one brother. Daniel P. Teeter of services will be held at 2 p m. Sunday at the Maple Grove Church of Christ, with the Rev. Clarence Marchant official ing. Burial will be In Crawford cemetery, southeast of Be.ne The body will be removed from the Yager funeral home to the ~sidence at 7 o'clock this eve nine-

Strengthen Levees As Floods Continue S&. . ' WS . a- ul Tte V. -jLa 1- K| K K K ’•"* mUfWHIEr Fv wPKKfc? i .F K. . IHiMKUKr•«......- - ... WORKERS OPERATE on a 24-hour basis piling sandbags atop tile threatened Bay Island levee, which protects ten thousand acres of farmlan I north of Hannibal, Mo., as flood conditions remain a threat along tile Mississippi.

Recluse Sought For Slaying Two Women Famed Educator And Sister Are Victims Pineillffe. Colo., June 20- (I'P) Authorities searched th** Colorado mountains today for a kindly, but shy man, suspected of slaying Emily Griffith, famed educator, and her sister. Florence, in the rustic cabin he built for them Experts from the Denver police department joined with a rural posse in a state-wide hunt for Fred Wright Dundy. 61. who once taught under Miss Emily in the nationally known Opportunity School she founded in Denver. Authorities were stumped for a motive. Miss Ethel Gurtner. sister of the slain women, said Lundy had been acting "queerly" lately. Florence was 67 and her sister several years older. Both were shot in tlie back of the head, apparently at close range. The slayer used one 38 caliber bullet to kill each of his victims. There were no signs of a struggle Their bodies were found yesterday. Lundy, a quiet man considered •something of a recluse" by townspeople, built the rotighthewn log cottage, when Miss Emily retired jn 1934 and move (Turn T<( IMge •. Column 71

Give Band Concert Here This Evening A band concert will be presented at 8 o'clock this evening on the (•mrthoiise ramp, with the Decatur high school band providing the music Next week's . regular concert will lie presented Monday night, instead of the usual Tuesday. — o — Former Decatur Man Dies This Morning Floyd Buckmaster Is Taken By Death Floyd Buckmaster. 53. Fort Wayne, former Decatur resident, died at his home at 4 o'clock this morning after a short Illness. Mr. Buckmaster became HI la»t Tuesday but his condition was not regarded as serious. Death resulted from a heart attack. He had been employed at the General Electric company in Fort Wayne for many years. The deceased was born in Decatur January 9, 1894. a son of Mr. and Mrs. R W. Ruckmaster. He lived in Decatur until about 24 vears ago part of the time with Mr. and Mrs. William Chronister. Two children survive. They are Max. Fort Wayne, and Marjorie, of Alabama. Several more distant relatives live in Adams county. Two sisters. Mrs. Delores Byerly. Deca tur and Mrs. Paul Buuck of Plymouth. also survive. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decotur, Indiana, Friday, June 20, 1947

President On Radio At 9 This Evening Washington, June 20 —(UP)— President Truman will go on the air at 9 p.m. CDT to discuss hie labor veto with the people Mr, Truman's speec'i will last 13 4 minutes, press secretary Charles (J. Ross said. It will be carried on all network** Sen. Roliert A. Taft. R.. co-author of the labor bill, will broadcast an answer io Mr. Truman's veto. Taft will speak over the Mutual broadcasting system at 9; 45 p.m. CDT. He will speak for 15 minutes. o Lt. Sliegerwald Is Rotary Club Speaker Juvenile Problems Discussed Thursday Lt. Phil Stlegerwald, head or the juvenile aid division ot the Fort Wayne police department, presented an interesting discussion ot juvenile delinquency at the weekly meeting ot the Decatur Rotary duh Thursday evening. The speaker, who has been a member ot the police department In Fort Wayne tor 24 years, was named head ot the division when it was formed last month. At the present time, he said, there are 14 men and women in this division. Speaking of his many years of experience with crimes committed by juveniles. Lt. Stlegerwald emphasized two major factors contributing to delinquency of children. In his opinion, he stated that lack of companionship in the home ami lack of religious training are tnese two leading factors. Juvenile delinquency is not confined to the underprivileged child, the officer emphasized, as many cases brought to the attention of his department are youths who are (Turn T<> Page «. C,.lumn S)

Recreation Program To Open Monday At Worthman Field

Worthman Field, the city's summer youth spot, will be officially opened Monday. It was announced today by Deane Dorwin. recreation sitfiervisor at the playground Plenty of recreational facilities that kept the kiddies busy each summer for the past decade — and a few new ones — will once again lie opened for their enjoyment. For the smaller ones there are swings, a sandbox, craft work and a number j>f games that please youngsters of that age. For the older children there will be basketball goals, croquet, rings and swings, horseshoe, tether hall, tennis courts, baseball, softball and plenty more. The horeeshoe courts, shuffleboard. basketball goals and a few more are also expected to »t---iract their share of adults, who find a little leisure time. The shuffleboard courts, ulthough not installed to date, are expected soon — snd will be lllnminated to facilitate night playing.

Army Plane Sets New World Speed Record 623.8 Miles Per Hour New World Record Muroc Army Air Base. CaiJune 20 (I'P) -Col. Albert Boyd, who set an official world's air .-peed record of 623.8 miles per hour in a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, said today he noticed no adverse effects on himself or his plane ax he approached the speed of sound. Boyd, chief of the air material command's flight test division, smashed the speed record yesterday when he sent his jet plane skimming over the dry. prehistoric lake bed four times to break the British mark of 616 miles per hour set Sept. 7. 1946. In a twinjet Gloster Meteor IV. "The success we experienced on this flight positively demonstrates that speeds well over 600 miles an hour are practical In today's airplanes." Boyd said Boyd, wearing a Ruck Rogers type crash helmet to protect his balding head from the desert sun. took 21 minutes to make the four passes over the three kilometer (1.863 milest course laid out on the desert "I was busy as hell." he said "There are so many things to do. so many Instruments to watch ” The sleek, super-itreamlined plane barely skimmed the ground as the 40-year-old Asheville. N C., pilot guided the craft down the short course to reach a top speed of 632.5 miles per hour on one run Bursting pink smoke bombs at each end of the run served as guideposts to help him keep on the black oiled course laid out on the parched Adobe desert. He streaked across the course on his first run at 617 1 miles per hour then dropped down to 614.7 (Turn Ti> I’nae !. Column ♦>

The tennis courts are to he resurfaced and the backstops reconditioned Numerous otner improvements either have been made or are to be mad**. Approximately 100 hoys are ex pected to take part in the softhall games Organized leagues open Monday morning and will play three days each week In addition, there are facilities for plenty of "rounder" games at odd hours. Then of course, there are the regular softball garnet* at night under the supervision of Steve Everhart. which annually attract hundreds of local fans to the field Besides this, the local Scout com missioner has his charges at the field about every weekday, working for merii badges and qualifying for the trip no th Supervises Craft Work Miss Jean Burnett, an lowa college student studying child develop ment, has charge of the craft work for the youngsters this year. Under (Turn To Page 5. Column 4)

House Ignores Truman's Assertion Labor Measure Will Cause More Strikes

New Labor Disputes Threaten Shipping Strike Os Shipyard Workers Threatens New York. June 20 ll'Pi — Two new threats to labor peace In the American shipping industry arose today as I' S.-fiag pascenger ships ami freighters returned to tlie sea to end an unprecedented fourilay sitdown strike by CIO seamen Growing prospects of a nation wide shipyard strike next week and rejection of a five percent wage increase offer l»y leafier* of 30.000 AFL seamen on the Atlsn tic and gulf coasts darkened the picture. Charles Leone, regional dire< tor of the CIO Marine ami Ship Building Workers union, said a strike of 150.000 shipbuilders anti ship repair workers appeared "the only recourse." He accused the industry of "ganging up on the union." which has scaled down to 13 cents an hour its original demand for a 25-cent hourly pay increase I'nion con facts with shipyards expire Monday J I*. Shuler, secretary t>f tin AFL Seafarers International union. said lie had rejected flatly an offer of 12 Atlantic ami gu'f coast shipline operators to mutch the five percent wage increase which ended the CIO sitdown strike. Shuler said he submitted a counter demand for a 2** percent Increase ami adjustments in overtime pay and meal allow ances. There was no direct strike threat ami negotiations continued. The SIC contract does not expire until Sept 30 but contains a unique* c lause per miffing wage negotiations at any time. Dozens of I'. S. ships which had been held in port since mid night Sunday by the CIO sit down set sail shortly after a majority cf Atlantic and gulf coast locals of three CIO unions ratified the new contract and west coast seamen agreed to resume work while negotiations continued The railroad embargo on freight shipments to strikebound vessels was lifted as the- "no contract, no work" strike ended-. Tlie "truce agreement'' releas(Turn To Page Column 4> o Sherman Stucky Is Appointed Trustee Named For Release Os Mortgage Funds Sherman Stuckey, of Berne, has been named by Judge J Fred Fruchte as trustee of the Berne Community Association, to succeed the late J F. Lehman in order that mortgage of the assmda tion may be released In the application, filed by Henry B Heller, local attorney, it is averred that the association on December 21. 1922. exec uted bonds totalling 21.000 in denominations of 2100 each and J F Mhtnan was designated as trustee "merely for the purpose of receiving payments and releasing the mortgage to secure the payments." The petition sets out that J. F. Lehman died thereafter and that no successor had been appointed to take his place—that all of the said bonds have been paid in full and that it is necessary to have a trustee appointed to release the mortgage on real estate and personal property, owned by the association. Th petition asks for the appointment of Mr Stucky and is signed hy J Jerome Yager as president of the association The petition was submitted and sustained by Judge Fruchte and the appointment made.

Rent Control Bill Passed, Up To Truman 'Voluntary' Rent Boosts Authorized By Present Measure Washington. June 2i» il i’i Senate Democrats predictel today that President Truman prob ably would sign the rent control bill into law—but that he would do it "reluctantly.” Administration lieutenants on Capitol Hill said they have ad vised the president that the bill Is "the best he can get " Mr Truman had asked for a one-year renewal of "effective” rent and eviction controls to replace those that expire June Rd The present bill, which passed the senate yesterday on a voice vote, extents federal rent ceilings to March 1194 H. scraps the government’s special eviction controls, ami authorizes 15 per,ent "voluntary" rent increases In exchange for leases running through 191* The measure had won house approval earlier, ami now goes to the White House Democratic Sens. John Spark man. Ala am! Glen II ’laylor Ida said the rent b«M>»ts formu la will result in a virtual 15 per<ent rent in< A-ao* aero- he board Tin* measure would 1 Continue federal rent cell ing* to March 1. 194* under su pervision of the housing expe (Turn T<> Purr- '• r-nltimn <•» Donald Eichar Dies At Willshire Home Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Donald F Kichar. 57. a liftlong resident of the Willshire. (>. community, died at 8:30 o'clock this morning at his home in Willshire Death was caused by heart complication* ami fol lowed an Illness <>f two years He served a* township trustee for several years, was a sales tax Investigator in Van Wert county, and a special agent of the Columbia Mutual Insurance Co. He was a member of the Methodist church ami the Knights of Pythias lodge of Will shire. Surviving are the wife. Mary; five sons, the Rev David Ei< har of liberty Center. <l. Robert of Celina. ().. William of Fort Wayne, Carl and I tonaid of Will shire; and two daughters. Mrs* J. A Maxwell of Montpelier. O. and Mrs. T O Targett of Colutn bus. O Funeral services will he held at 2:80 pm Sunday at the Willshire Methodist church, with the Revs. William George and E O Bissel officiating Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery The body will be removed from the Cowan & Son funeral home to the residence Saturday after noon , „ —..ni.Q n i July Corn Futures Price At New High Chicago. June 20 -ti'Pl- The price of July corn futures today rose to 22 a hiwhel. highest ever paid on the board of trade The yellow grain opened slightly lower than its closing 21 99 level of yesterday, hut then began to climb About a half hour after market opening it hit 22 and for a time went to *4 of a cent higher. Previous record price for grain futures on the board of trade was 2199-!i a bushal, paid in July, 1919.

Price Four Cents

Near 4-1 Majority Overrides Truman Veto; Senate To Vote On Saturday Washington, June 2D —tl'l’t — Tit** house today overrode President Truman s veto of tin* R«-pul>-licun lalair control bill deapite Ids. declaration that tlie measure will cause discord ' for years to < otne ' vote was announced as 331 iu favor of passing the bill over the veto and H 3 against. This was 55 more than the necessary two-third majority. Supporters << the bill piled up almost a Ito 1 majority. The senate is expected to complete enactment of the measure by voting to override tomorrow. Even Democratic supporters of the president < oin '-de I that senate backers of tlie bill could muster the necessary twothlrd* nun gin Tin* house wasted no time in •verriding the veto Tlie roll was called immediately after the president's stam word message was read to the crowded chant her Tlie house ignored Mr Truman's assertion that the TaftHartley measure would "cause more strikes, not fewer and put the country a long step on the lang< rotis road toward "a totally managed economy Tin- president's long veto message was nail to a tense and silent house Tlie floor and gal erics were packed One gallery was fillej With AFL ami CIO members who had com** to Washington to make an eleventhhour fight against the bill. Tlie house action gave Republican* a large measure of consolatlon for their failure on Tues day to muster enough votes to overtide the president's veto of the GOP bill to <u- personal income taxes by They lost the tax batt)** by oti'y two votes They won the labor vote because they got th*support of mor** Denuxrat- today Mr. Truman fired the Taf'Hartley bill back at congress with a ileiiuiiciaiion of tit*' measure as an unworkable package ot discrimination against <*mp'oyes He sail it would stibsti tute "government dictation" for With the senate still to act. the presid* nt did no! let til.- house rebuff stop him H»* will address th** nation on the labor bill at 9 I in CDT over all m-twork-S.*n Robert A Taft. R <• coauthor of the measure, will answer him at 9 47 p m CDT over the Mutual broadcasting system. In his veto message sent to congress on tin- last dav left t > him. Mr Truman said the labor bill would accomplish practically con** of its aim* H«* said it would be "a dangerous stride in the direi tion of a totally man<•«onnniy In an effort to mobilize senate upport for his veto. President Truman Invited 13 senators to lunch with him at the White House Only one of those invited, senate Democratic leader Aiben W. Barkley, had vot«-d against the bill Only one. Sen Milton RYoung. N D. was a Republican. Most of the others were soutaern lieinocrats If Mr Truman could persuade seven Os the 12 to switch, so close is the senate vote expected to he. his veto could he sustained: But this possibility was discounted by Republican leaders. Besides Young anl Barkley, those invited were sens Car! A. Hatch. N M: Herbert R O'Conor. Md: J W Fulbright. Ark.; Walter F. George. Ga.; Richard B. Russell. Ga.; John L. McClellan. Ark.; John J. Sparkman Ah ; William B t’mstend. M C.; Tom Connally. Tex.; John H Oberton. L*.; and Burnet R. Mayliank, S. C.