Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1947 — Page 1

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“Strike Threat "Hanging Over Half Os Mines * ' ' Tentative Contract Accepted By Lewis Affects Some Mines w W nxton ' Ju,y 3 - ,rp >- A Isrfll segment of the soft coal tndWtCT which still faces a strike next piesday Iregan a series of mOTlsltoday to head off the walkout STAt least keep it short. • ThOonthern coal producers as soetlwti called its directors to a epedflneetlng here tomorrow. Indep«nd|pnre Day, to decide on formdSMbtract overtures to John L. of United Mine (AFL). The floutherner»> hope to negotiate a (new contract that would gaHNiatee resumption of coal produe&xj when the miners' current 10 vacation ends on July 8. They acted after Lewis reached a lenitive agreement with the northern Appalachian and captive min« darners. I Meanwhile, representatives of I Indiana and Illinois producers were standing by for further instructions tlom their principals on seek- | Ing naw negotiations with Lewis. The qfcthern Indiana and Illinois OOMHI are not covered by the tentative agreement signed late yestwfcy. Moat industry sources believe that tba bulk of the industry still unsigMd will make a deal with Lewinwithin a week or 10 days. Lewis called the policy committee oCptis United Mine Workers (AFL) to a meeting here Saturday to ratify the agreement with north or» |fljfllucers. The individual compostal must also approve the agree mont Which their agents worked out tn Becret sessions with ThOWnns were not officially annooneed but informed sources said they vured the miners of what amounts to a 35 cents an hour pay increase would send almost 200,000 miners back to work In pits that pfoduce half of the nation's annugl| bituminous tonnage The termJper miners In Pennsylvania. I Ohio, Maryland, northern Went Vlrxinte flfld the captive mines of U. S. Steal Corp., and other big steer Leftbut of the deal were the Iniilliiyjhllii~‘~ and far west prodaeara who ordinarily Join In the I northern Appalachian contract. tor the far west re turflast home, ending any chance of a waamd deal covering mines west Sa the Mississippi river. IBKlrn producers, who have inslstssi upon separate negotiations, were also oat in the cold. Their negotiating committee was here, however, and may attempt to set up MMtXi* with Lewis. Istmed sources said the northern S<|»ement granted Lewis' demands flt a daily rate of 118.05 for eight hours work and travel time with mone-balf hour paid lunch period. Th<* miners now receive 111.85 lor a nine-hour day overall. TtWßte a day increase and reduettea In hours means a rise of 35 cents an hour in the basic rate, from lI.IBK to 81.58 K hourly. On the knotty Issue of Lewis' health and welfare fund, It was unAMBfil the operators agreed to coattMs paying Into the fund at leMt the present royalty of five cents si ton and possibly 7to cents. asked 10 cents. Other provisions of the settle■MijStee said to bo: , The federal mine safety (Tuffn TtfPas* 5. Column 7) JH BT o P WEATHER Fair and not quite so cool tonight north and west perIdsy fair and warmer.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

July Corn Futures Hit $2.05 Bushel Chicago, July 3.—(UP) — July corn futures rose to a |2.05t0 a hushel today on the Chicago Board of Trade, a new all-time record for the third consecutive day and the seventh record price In two weeks. Despite the desire of come traders to sell and turn a quick profit, prices started to climb in the first two hours and kept going until shortly Irefore the close. 24 Nations Are Bid To Discuss Aid To Europe Britain And France Extend Bids After Parley Deadlocked Paris. July 3.—(UP) Great Britain and France today Invited 24 Kneopean nations to convene in Paris July 12 and discuss the Marshall program of economic aid to Europe The invitation was Issued by foreign minister Georges Bidault in his own name and that of foreign secretary Ernest Bevin a few hours after foreign minister V. M. Molotov made a pre-dawn departure from Paris wlthous farewells or formality. The conference call went out after Bevin and Bidault had invited all European nations except Spain to Join with them in planning how Europe could take advantage of the economic aid promised by secretary of state George C. Marshall. The invitations went out to 22 nations. None went to Russia. Molotov had made it utterly clear that he wanted no part of the Anglo-French economic scheme. Spain already had been barred piovislpnally al the Insistence of France. The conference is designed to draw up an outline of European economic needs and assets for presentation to the United States by Sept. 1. The United States was not Invited to the conference but a copy of the invitation was sent to U. 8. ambassador Jefferson Caffery. Soviet ambassador Alexander Bogohlov also was sent a copy of the invitation with an accompanying letter expressing the hope that yesterday's Russian refusal to sup(Turn To Pag* S. Column •> 0 Tax Review Board Completes Session Annual Meeting Is Completed Today The Adams county board of review late today was scheduled to complete its annual task, after i being in session 28 days. Thirty days were allowed the board for its task, in order that they may be recalled in event of say appeals from assessments. i The board checked all records i of assessors in the various taxing units, reviewed completed books, I and mortgage exemptions, viewed I new construction and improvements in the county and heap! objections from taxpayers during *lts I session. i Albert Harlow, as county as* i sensor, setved as chairman of the board during the session. Auditor i Thurman I. Drew and treasurer < Roy L. Price were the other two ex-officio members, while Mrs. i Naomi Bormann and Hugh an- < drews acted as the appointive I members, having beet* named by I Judge J. Fred Fruchte last month, i

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Requests For Change In Tax Bill Rejected Republicans Turn Down Democratic Pleas For Change Washington. July 3— (UP) — Republicans turned down Democratic requests for revision of the new tax bill and prepared to speed It through the house ways and means committee later today. At a morning meeting of the committee, former chairman Robert L. Roughton. D.. N. C„ suggested inclusion of a provision extending community property tax benefits to taxpayers in all states. But chairman Harold Knutson said no. He said ''time doesn't permit study of the character that such a proposal must make." The new mil is the same measure that President Trtmen vetoed except that Its effective late would be Jan. 1 Instead of last Tuesday. Other congressional developments: Needy Europe— A house foreign affairs subcommittee said Europe may fall short of its needs for recovery in the next three years by 810.000.000.000 or more. The sul>committee was talking about Europe outside Russia and her satellites. It warned that U. 3. help will lie wasted unless punitive reparations aimed at weakening Germany are cut down. Railroads— The- senate interstate commerce committee approved a bill to return railroads now in bankruptcy courts to their stockholders for voluntary reorganisation. In the future, railroads in a financial Jam could overhaul their structure under ICC supervision without idling into bankruptcy courts. Trusteeship — President Truman asked congress to approve the United Nations agreement under which thia country will act as trustees for the Pacific islands (Turn To Paw* I. Column 6) 0 Legion To Select District Officers Staley Unopposed For District Head The election of James K. Staley. Decatur Legionnaire, as fourth district commander, is expected tonight at the annual meeting in Fort Wayne. The election of officers will be the main business at the session, to be held at the home of Legion post 47 in that city, starting at 8 p. m. , To date Mr. Staley is unopposed for the position, having been the only one to announce his candidacy. Adams poet 43 of this city and several other posts in the district have adopted resolutions endorsing his candidacy. Mr. Staley is a charter member and past commander of the local post and has long been active in local and district Legion < affairs. Incumbent fourth district com- ' mender Is Forrest Rogers of La- < Grange. A large group of local Legion- 1 naires, including delegates to the district and state conventions. 1 Is expected to go to Fort Wayne tonight to participate in the session and the election.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 3, 1947

Waiting For Special Delivery t ’• •» * 1 - ■**'**’*■• ** * 4. MtflßF * i • « ®BF*BI / I fl - ■ .. ' -M . i . • PERCHED ATOP a rural mail box. these hens await rescue by the Coast Guard on the only dry spot they could find as the levee break near Harrisonville, 111., sends Mississippi river flood waters over thousands of acres in the area.

Suit For $12,720 Damages Is Filed Suit Is Aftermath Os Auto Accident A suit for personal injuries and property damages totalling 912,720, has been filed before Judge J, Fred Fruchte in Adams circuit court here, Bess O. Harb, a school teacher, is plaintiff In the action, naming Elisa O. Lynch as defendant, and arising from an auto accident two miles south of Salem on July 8, 1945. She charges negligence on the part of the defendant and alleges that he was driving his car at a high and dangerous rate of speed when he entered the intersection where the accident occurred. She avers that her left arm , was broken in three places and the tendons severed, alleging that it has been permanently disabled and disfigured; that she was confined in Decatur and Indianapills hospitals for 37 days and later underwent surgical work at a Cincinnati hospital. The plaintiff asks 81.000 for , doctors, hospital bills and inej(Turn To Psge t. Column 41

“Pay-As-You-See” Television Set Made Public By Company

Chicago, July S—(UP)—A "pay-as-you-see" television aet was made pu-ilic today by officials of Zenith Radio Corp., who predicted It would remove tho last barriers to making household television as commonplace as radio. The new set is connected to the user's telephone. Part of the picture produced on the television screen comes in by telephone. Zenith officials said thia would enable the television broadcaster to charge for his entertainment. E. F. McDonald. Jr., Zenith president, predicted the “phone-vision" system would be ready to put in operation In about sis months. He said the device would put the experimental television industry on a commercial basis and enable it to send into the subscriber's home tho cream of entertainment as provided by Hollywood and Broadway. McDonald said that television heretofore has been retarded by the

Traffic Is Tied Up By Broken Air-Line Traffic at street crossings from s‘ercer avenue west through Thirteenth street was tied up for about half an hour this morning when an air line on an Erie freight train was broken. The tialn was moved as soon as the train crew found the break. -■ . New Flasher Traffic Signal Is Installed Warning Signals At Highway Crossings The new flasher traffic signal at Nuttman avenue and Thirteenth atreet. which is also the intersection for federal routes 224, 33 and 27. was Installed yesterday by the state highway department. East snd west traffic is marked by a red blinker light, while traffle moving north and south on road 27 Is governed by a warning yellow blinker. Traffic from the east and west is required to stop for the preferential highway. Stop signs also mark these approaches. The light was installed at the re(Turn To S. Column 7»

- prohibitive cost of producing and i transmitting quality entertainment, i He said that televising a show I comparable to the most popular i radio shows would cost approxii mately 110,000,000 a year, much more than a sponsor could afford. , Zenith officials said they would begin discussions "soon" with motion picture producers, television bioadcasters and the telephone company • They said they had been using the "phonevieion” system experimentally over Chicago telephone lines for a year, with no disruption of normal telephone service. Zenith said the set would cost “about the same" as conventional television receivers, which cost about 1300 Company officials said other manufacturers would be licensed to make the sets. The new sot consists of a television receiver resembling conven(Turn To Page >, Columa I)

May, Garsson Brothers Guilty On Three Counts Os Bribery, Conspiracy

Rainless Skies Bring Hopes Os Levees Holding States In Missouri Basin Make Demands For Congress Action St. Louis, July 3.—(UP)—The crest of the Mississippi river's greatest flood in im years moved slowly downstream from St. Ixtuis today and the corps of engineers reported all remaining levees were holding. The stream dropped one-tenth of a foot here overnight from its near record high of 40.3 feet. The Missouri at nearhy St. Charles was also ebbing, falling six inches during the night. The plucky residents of Dupo. 111., south of here, who first abandoned their town when the Prairie Du Pont ievee crumbled but quickly returned to throw up a makeshift like, appeared to be winning their battle against the river. Their sandbag barrier across an abandoned terminal railroad right of way was holding back the river, in addition, «the townspeople. volunteers and engineers raised an earthem wall completely around the town to keep it dry of seepage water. Predictions of continued fair weather brought hope that the water-soaked levees still standing would hold downstream where other dikes were breached. Hut midwestern flood damage already stood at hundreds of mil(Turn To Page 5. Column 5) OPetition Is Filed For levee Claims Claims Filed For Preliminary Costs A petition for claims, totalling 81.714.88, has been filed before Judge J. Fred Fruchte In Adams circuit court in the Weidler levee to be built in Wabash township. The claims are reported to be for preliminary costs in construction of the levee and are listed as follows: Walter H. Gllllom. engineer. 8803.35; Thomas Parr, surveyor assistant. 840; W. J. Bockman, official bond for engineer. 8135: Burl V. Whiteman, attor ney for Wayne Blueprint Co., blue prints. 831.83. and I-eon Neuenschwander, appointed commissioner, 824. Contracts for construction of the levee were awarded earlier this week to the Yost Construction Co., Inc., and total approximately 822.000 The local firm was awarded the contract for constructing the new ievee on Its low bid and later given the contract for a second part In moving dirt, after an Irregularity wax found in the low bid. engineer Gilliom stated. The county haa been assessed 8500 as its share of the cost of construction, the balance to be apportioned among the affected land owners.

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Convicted 1 i * T. M 1 rt 1 w I ■ yr fijl/ I x ? ’ Andrew J. May i Two Arrested After Four-Vehicle Crash Crash Last Night North Os Geneva Two were arrested after a fourvehicle crash one and one-half miles north of Geneva about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday. Sheriff Herman Bowman said that charges of leaving the acene of an accident will be prefer ed against drivers of two trucks involved in the accident. The other two vehicles were passenger cars No one wax hurt. The sheriff said his investigation disclosed an auto driven by Mrs. Norma Jean Aspy. 21. Bryant, enroute south, had stopped to permit an oncoming truck to pass at the one-way traffic «dte, where road repair work is underway. A second car. driven by Norman Tullis. 17. Biyant. following the Aspy auto, also stopped and soon after wax struck from behind by a milk truck driven by David Lybarger, 26. Geneva. A second milk truck, driven by tlfr latter's ■ brother. Franklin R. Lybarger, 26, Geneva, otruck the other truck. The force of the Impacts piled up all four vehicles. Damage to the Aspy car amounted to 8125, that to the Tullix auto to 8120 and the truck driven by Franklin Lybarger to 8150. the sheriff estimated Sheriff Bowman charged that the two tiuck drivers left the scene without giving their names and other required information. They are to be arraigned before justice ot peace Ernest Stengel at Berne Saturday afternoon at 8:80 o'clock The wreck acene is the name in which a large semi-trailer truck overturned several days ago. 10 Killed In North Africa Plane Crash Paris. July B—(UP) Ten persons were killed when an Air France plane crashed into a north African hill Tuesday. It was learned today. I Search parties found the wreck- t age a few miles north of the < Equator In French Equatorial Africa. The plane took off from 1 Yaounde Tuesday morning. Air I France said none of the passengers or crew members survived. All 1 names were withheld. ( ‘

Price Four Cents

Former Kentucky Congressman, Two Munitions Making Brothers Convicted Washington. July 3.-—(UP) —Andres J. May and ihe munitionsmaking Garsson brothers were convicted by a federal court jury today of wa'time bribery, fraud, and coroplracy The jury debated only an hour ind 50 minutes. The former Kentucky congressnan and his co-defendanta—Dr Henry M. and .Muriay Garsxon — (ace a possible maximum penalty of nix years' imprisonment and 830.too tines each. The three defendants were found guilty on all three counts of bribery and conspiracy as charged in the Indictments. Chief defense counsel Charles J Margiotti said he would tile within five days motion- for a judgment ; of acquittal for all three defend ants on the basU that It should not have gone to the jury, and for a new trial. .May and the Garsson brothers, Henry and Murray, showed no visible emotion at first ax the jury of seven men and five women rendered their verdict of guilty. Jury foreman George E. Wells, whitehaired draftsman employed in the office of the District of Columbia surveyor, read the verdict in a firm cleat voice. Federal judge Henry A. Schweinhaut, who prenid'-d ove- the 47 day trial had the jurors polled at the I request of the defense attorneys. The jurors Individually and each in a clear voice said he or she had found the three defendants guilty on each of the three counts. The jury reached its verdict at 11:15 am. EDT one hour ami s<f minutes after it began deliberation. But there was a delay in announcing it. Henry Garsson eaid the “ease will be appealed." Judge Schweinhaut did not set a date for sentence. He released the Ithiee defendants in.the same bond |of 82500 each on which they have been free since they were arraigned last January. It was expected that date for sentencing would be set for some time during the week beginning July 13 as it wax understood that Schweinhaut intended to take a week's rest before returning to his duties. There wax scarcely a ripple in the crowded courtroom ax the jury found May guilty of selling out his services as chairman of the house military affaire 'committee during the war to the Garssons. The brothers ran a borrowed letterhead Into a munitions combine which managed to get 878.000,000 In government business. It wax May. the government charged, who helped them in their dealings with the war department and for other favors. In return, the government charged May got more than 853.000 in tribes. The constant wetting of his lip* was May's only indication of reaction. •’I have no comment." he told reporters. "except that the case will be appealed. "The case will be appealed." he repeated firmly. His son. Rol>ert. and his daughter. Mis. Olga Latta, sitting 10 feet away, rushed to the former congressman's side as soon as the court adjourned. Murray Garsaon. the younger brother, failed to conceal his emotion after court adjourned. "I'm still not guilty," he said defiantly. (Turn to Pago «, Column •)