Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1947 — Page 1

,V. No. 183.

ORD MOTOR WORKERS STRIKE CANCELLED

Vhree Slain By Indiana Man

■tefon Man Is Berserk M Morning As Farm Couple Aid Sister, Makes fHnission To Acts Ind. Aug iKy.ai old nun recovering « ■ nervous breakdown went *jS|B early today and later with which he lived hl* 48 year old F « butcher knife. fteHP’ !lr l ,:n unemployed form • Hier In used automobile held ln Dtbson county investigation was IjgHd by sheriff James Mr and coroner C. Cooper yißtl.tiins were Mr and Mrs Bateman, both 55. and fK sister, Miss Nora Tur M,rk >nald quoted Hur phi he shot Mr and WriKteman a« they slept about o>» ( CDT> - said his office re an urgent telephone cal' W|H woman pleading for help the call was cut short hurried to the Bateman M’S# { wo miles northeast of Kou where Turpin war tosKnumbling Incoherently H< submitted to arrest. Kriff said. xKnald said there was ar .ar«'- 110 mo,!v< * for ,he M,ay Bd It and that's all there is McDonald said Turpin during questioning, sheriff said he Believed "knows Just exactly wha' K and why " we haven't been aide to ©aßiy (,|,ar e*P lanat,on of h, “ said McDonald. The .rSH said a special grand jury prdK y would be summoned to ffiHgate the case. Kiti waa calm when ques by the sheriff and other •Bities for several hours to* McDonald said he did not £sßf remorseful. Turpin as admitting tSBM! that he shot Mr anl Mrs ImHiiii and threatened his sis ;«(".■ The frightened sister call««Be sheriff's office, he said. took the telephone from :>K the middle of the call and :He> head off with a butcher he had obtained in the Bore the war Turpin operat 1111 l Princeton used auto parts ' ■pi- and later bought a simi Bctahlishment in Denver. M Denver he suffered a nerv ■ breakdown, neighbors said ssßreiurned to Princeton a few aaßts ago He and his sister *»Bi into the house with Mr *WF r * Barman Bghbors said Turpin often Bbled Incoherently about "be fißheated out of my business "■rnv»--" but that neither they Rtls sister were able to disthe facta behind the state B* Turpin broke her ankle accident six week* ago and " ’lto Page 8. Column 7) J|| o Bort Nash Making Bsfactory Progress Btneth Nash ie making satis B ry Progress, the attending believe, and should be danger point in two days, pother, Mrs. Hersel Nash. » from her son’s bedside in BMter, Minn. W "e special nursew are on the The youth waa removed from ■■®r«ygen tent Monday He under B““ unusu *l operation on the H I ' ll — Weather y lr continued hot and humid B •r*arnoon, tonight and o»Bnseßay, except becoming B°' tr northwest portion Wed■♦day afternoon and evening, thundershowers cenV 1 portion Wednesday night.

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Youth Festival To Open On Wednesday Three-Day Event To Be Opened Tomorrow Workers tolled under broiling sun and plus M temperatures today to set the stage for the second annual youth festival, which opens on downtown Decatur streets tomorrow. Close on the heels of tent men. setting up the canvas covers today, came the 4-H youngsters with their prise pigs, dairy and beef calves, poultry and rabbits which they will exhibit during the festival. The first actual event of the festival starts at 10 am. Wednesday with judging of the dairy cattle in two tents—one at the corner of Madison and Third streets; the other at Liberty W’ay and Third street. The water battle, to be held on Monroe street, between Third and Fourth, at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday Is expected to draw s large crowd—a crowd which will probably be envious of the wafer soaked contestants. If the heat wave keeps up. Then at 8 p. m. comes the pet parade, the opening and only parade of the festival. A big parade Is anticipated, since youngsters and their pets are not discouraged so easily by hot weather. The parade will form at the jail yard at 7:30 p. m . and move in formation down through the main part of town Judging of poultry and rabbits will be conducted on Liberty Way after the parade. Meanwhile, the girls 4-H club exhibits In the Decatur juniorsenior high school gym and those ot rural youths. (Sir! Scouts and Cubs will be on display In a tent in front of the gym and will be kept there throughout the festival. Judging of hogs starts Thur* day morning, climaxed by a sale at 6:30 p. m. at the hog tent, corner Second street and Liberty Way. A magic show, special singing and other entertain ment will be presented Thursday right at 8:30 o’clock on the plat form In front of the school build Ing. Judging of beef calves will start at 10 a. m Friday, with the beef sale at 6:36 p. m This Is one of the big features of the festival and interested persons will anx>pusly await the sale aimed at shattering last year's $1,040 record paid for the festival grand champion. (Turn Tto Pag* 7. Column !» _• Floyd Hunter Named Justice Os Peace Appointment Made By Commissioners Floyd B. Hunter, of 321 North First street, was appointed justice of the peace of Washington township late Monday by the Adams county commissioners. His appointment waa made during the monthly session of the board yesterday after being deferred from » previous meeting when It was thought that the commissioners lacked the authority to make the appointment. County attorney Ferd L. Lltterer informed the board yesterday, how ever, that investigation of the state law revealed a statute delegating that power to the commissioners and Mr. Hunter’s appoint ment followed. He I* expected to assume his office within a short time, after qualifying and furnishing bond. His duties will be part-time in the office. He is employed by the city light department anU is a former city policeman and state excise officer. Under the law he will serve until a successor is duly elected or appointed The township has bean without tM services of a justice for several years, following the resignation of Walter J. Bockman.

Roosevelt Hits Insinuations In Senate Probe Elliott Roosevelt I Angrily Denounces Meyer Innuendoes Washington. Aug. 6 —(UP) — ■ Elliott Roosevelt angrily struck back today at what he called I the "despicable Insinuation" that publicity man John W. Meyer . "procured” girls for him , The Issue of Roosevelt’s mor- , ais was threshed over at his own f request In his second appearance , before a senate war InvestlgatI Ing subcommittee which is looking into wartime plane contracts I awarded to Howard Hughes. I multimillionaire manufacturer . and movie-maker. Roosevelt told the InvestlgatI ors that: "I deny with my whole heart and soul . . . that Meyer ever got a girl for me.” Meyer, party-thrower and publicity agent for Hughes, hal tea- , titled that he spent around $5,000 . on entertainment for "Col. E i Roosevelt and party" at a time , when a contract for Hughes' photo reconnaissance plane, , known as the F-11, was under consideration by the army. , Heated side by side in the crowded, kleig -lighted hearing J room. Roosevelt and Meyer went > over expense account vouchers In which the publicity man had , mentioned gifts to unldtentlfled . "girls.” , Roosevelt got from Meyer the I admission that this didn't mean the girls were "procured” or that , they were Roosevelt's compan . ions on parties. Meyer admitted that he put Roosevelt's name on expense ac- , counts, not because all the money mentioned was spent on the president's son but because “he was the most important person present.” Roosevelt has asserted that only a fraction of the $5,000 (Turn Pare I. Column 5) 0 Decatur Citizens ‘ / Swelter In Heat ■—■■-ACity Pool Jammed By Relief Seekers The city pumped over a million gallons of water. The swimming pool had its biggest day of the season. Taverns, soft drink parlors and confectioneries were swamped Electric fans were in sudden demand. Every other fellow who passed vou on the street, declared "Brother, ain't It hot?” And brother, he was right — i and still Is—and will be (or a few days yet if the weatherman knows bls business. Yes air, it’s hot weather, all right. The farmers who hoped for some hot weather for their corn are certainly getting what they hoped for. For instance, the peak temperature Sunday was 84. The peak Monday was 93 —. and by the time you read this, the mercury may be at the 100 mark— It the weatherman was right In his prediction this morning. If you don't think it's hot ask Harry Dailey, supervisor at the municipal swimming pool. Harry had them swarming all over the place Monday afternoon and night. And they weren't all kids, either, he declared. Plenty of them were grownups trying to "beat the beat.” He estimated yesterday’s attendance at 500, and there have been only half a dozen days this year when the attendance for a day ranged over the 400 mark. People may drink othsr “stuff" —but good old H2O “hits the spot” these days. Accurate fig(Tara Te Page 7, Column 1)

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August, 5,1947

Meyer, Roosevelt At Hearing

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SENATE WAR INVESTIGATING Hub-comniittec probing the Howard Hughes aircraft war contracts listens to the magnate's publicity agent, John W. Meyer (left), tell of a $54 handbag he gave Faye Emerson as a gift from Hughes. Miss Emerson's husband. Elliott ■Roosevelt (dark suit, right), waits to take stand.

Odom Turns Back On Record Flight Plans Second Try To Start Tomorrow Chicago. Aug. 5.—(UP)— Pilot William P. Odom, forced back on bis first attempt to set a new solo round tile world record, scheduled test flights for his converted A-26 bomber today before making a second try tomorrow. Odom turned back yesterday about four hours out of Chicago. He was over the Bay of Fundy In Nova Scotia when he flipped hl* big “Bombshell" back westwards for the Chicago airfield. He blamed the failure of the first flight mainly on a defective aileron. A clamp holding the ailerons, which control the ship laterally, slipped and he was unable to control the ship properly. “I came back because romebody forgot to put sugar in my tea.” the 27-year-old pilot quipped an he stepped from the plane. He took off at 2:32 pm. (CDT) and landed at 11:55 p.m. (CDT). Mechanics went to work on the airplane immediately. Odom said he would te* fly the ship today and then take off again tomorrow at 2 p.m. in a second attempt to fly around the globe In 90 hours—about half the time required by the late Wiley Post when he set the present record of 186 hours in 1933. The flight Is the first round the world record hop to (Turn Tn Pag* < Column 8)

Sizzling Citizens Given Scant Promise Os Early Heat Relief

By United PreM Parboiled citizens from coast to coast forgot their other worries today to seek ways to beat the 100degree heat that scorched the nation. With thermometers showing record readings at many points, the nation looked to the weather man for a promise of relief. The weather man waa sympathe tic but far frolh encouraging. He said II would stay hot nearly everywhere today Whats more. It would be warmer today on the east coast where cooling ocean breezes and showers held temperatures In the 80's yesterday, w. Forecasters said "only slightly" cooler weather waa headed down out of Canada. Minnesota and the Dakotas will be “not quite so hot" today and the entire midwest will get some relief tomorrow. People were devising ingenious systems to keep cool. W. L. Morrlsette. Jr. manager of a wholesale florist shop at Memp his, Tenn., cleared oat one of* hl«

Berne School Levy 40 Cents Higher Berne, Ind.. Aug. 5 — The proposed 1948 Berne school tax levy has been set at 82.40. This Is an increase of 40 cents over the 1947 levy now in effect. The imrease la due mostly to the higher salaries to be paid teachers becaaM of the minimum wage law passed by the last session of the sta'e legislature t 4 I I 'Attlee In Request > ' For Drastic Powers r > Asks For Powers To ’ Fight Bankruptcy London, Aug. 5 —(UP)— Prime ' minister Clemen* R. Attlee in a " surprise move today asked com- ' mons for wartime powers to fight • the threat of national bankruptcy. Attlee presented a bill to extend the purpose* of the supplies and ' services, or transitional ’ act of 1945, mid it was lead formal- * ly for the fliwt time. Under the measure the government would be given wide powers to take whatever measures it deems ' necessary to fight the economic crisis. > The act originally was passed to i permit the government to make ■ defense regulations for the control i of prices, and to facilitate the read- - justment of industry. ; Herbert Morrison, government ! leader tn the house, said the bill i was being introduced to give effect i to the measures to be announced (Turn To Pag* 5. Column 4)

cold storage vaults and set up office inside. While the rest of the nation perspired. Morrlsette dictated letters to his secretary who wore a fur coat for warmth. At Lodi. Cal., where the San Joaquin valley shimmered in 100degree heat waves. John Hohnstein. 52, took pity on hot and thirsty prisoners in the city jail. He stood outside the window and stretched a rubber hose to the prisoners from a gallon jug of wine. Six prisoners were slightly tipsy by the time police discovered the plot. Hohnstein joined the others in the cell block. Police took the remainder of the wine. , ( The city water superintendent at Lepanto, Ark., came up with a familiar hot weather stunt. He , fried an egg on a sun-baked pave- . ment where one thermometer reg- i ietered 107 degrees and another read 112. < The hottest spot in the nation yesterday waa El Centro. Cal.. < where the mercury mounted to 117. < (Turn To Page 2. Column I)

Peace Pact Reached, To Protect From Penalties Under Taft-Hartley Law

Dutch To Continue Blockade Os Java Economic Blockade Continued By Navy ■ — I Batavia, Aug 5— (UPt —The Dutch navy announced today that it would continue its "blockade" of Java and Sumatra during the uneasy truce which Dutch and Indonesian forces began at midnight. The Dutch anny warned that it would maintain order in Dutchoccupied areas, but instructed its troops to hold their fire even if Indonesians attacked. Dutch officials feared that the Indonesian ceasefire order, an nounced shortly before the truce was to begin, would not reach scattered Indonesian elements in time to prevent further fighting Lt. Oen. Himon Spoor, the Dutch army chief, went on the radio, however, to tell hi* troops that under no conditions were (hey to take matters in their own hands, even if Indonesians violated the ceasefire. At the same time, he added that strong action may be needed later to throttle lawless elements. The Dutch navy's “blockadF" of the Indies was intended to prevent the importation of military goods that might reach Indonesians. Dutch warships also will attempt to prevent the exportation of produce grown on big plantations. Vice Admiral A. S. Pinke. Netherlands naval commander, said naval patrols will be maintained. These regulations irritated the Indonesians before the outbreak of the Dutch-Indonesian fighting July 21. and probably will bring further protests. Today's Dutch communique disclosed that In the hour* pre ceding the truce, the Dutch occupied Gombong, 52 miles west of the city. Other Dutch forces occupied Grissee. Republican stronghold on north Java. It guarded the (Turn To Fags 7, Column II I 0' "■ Budgets Submitted For Five Townships Washington Levies Are 17 Cents Higher The 1948 budget of Washington township was the first of the new budgets to be brought to this newspaper office for publication, as required by law. The budget was prepared by John B. Stoneburner, trustee of the township. The budget provides for an 82cent levy each SIOO of taxable* which will raise an estimated amount of $23,305 The proposed rates are: township, three cents; special school 36 cents; tuition. 39 and library, four cents. The figures show that of $3,275 needed for the township fund. $2.559 will be raised by the levy; of 110,250 for the special school fund, $9,402 will be raised by the levy; of $12,938 for the tuition fund. $lO,259 will be raised by the levy. The four-cent library levy will raise $1,045 A comparative statement of taxes collected shows the following amounts for the respective years: 1944, $14,819; 1945. $17,299; 1946. $18,501; to be collected In 1947, 818,775. The proposed levies show an increve of 17 cents, compared to last year's 65-cent rate. The present rates are: township, four cents; special school. 34 cents;,tuition. 23 cents and library, four cents, ships in the budgets for 1948 on Proposed levies for other towneach SIOO Uxables. are: Root, general 5 cents; special school, 75 cents; tuition. 36 cents; library 1 cent; bond, school, 8 cents; civil, Tura To Page 3, Colueg 7|

Three Killed By Explosion In Jerusalem 1 — , — Labor Department Building Blasted By Jew Underground Jerusalem. Aug. s—(UP)—The5 —(UP)—The Jewish underground blew up the labor department building of the Palestine governm>-n| h» the heart of Jerusalem today, killing at least three persons and wounding a number of others. The whole city shuddered under the impact of a terrific explosion at 2:30 p. m which sheared off the front wall of the pule lie works department building, a two-story stone structure on the Hreet of the prophets. A British policeman wax killed outright. Rescue workers removed two bodies from the wreckage. Authorities believed one more man might be buried, frgjtn Zval Lsunl, accdrding to one of Its self identified spokesmen, gave a scant five minutes warning that the building was being blown up He called the Palestine post with the warning. Unlike most of the warnings in the war of nerves, this one proved accurate. Rescuers were working under tottering wails which threatened to crash al any moment. Police and army squads cordoned off the area, and started searching for the bombers even as the res ■ cue work went on On another front in the Anglo ; Jewish conflict, police ami troops searched through the groves near Tel Litwlnsky for a British officer reported to have, been kidnaped After three lurnr*, they had found nothing to sub-' stantiate a report by a band of; Arabs that they hal seen the officer seized and dragged into a grove, Tel Aviv was cordoned off. and no one was allowed to leave the city The new eruption of violence came shortly after British authorities had outlawed the Jewish levisionist youth movement and arrested «<• of its leaders in a nationwide roundup At the same time an unconflrmel report circulated that the Jewish underground had kidnap(Turn To Psge 5. Column ti 0 Mrs. Ada E. Rupert Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Mrs. Ada E. Rupert. 57. of West Monroe street, died at 5:45 o’clock Monday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been in ill health for several yeans but her death was hastened by a fall Saturday night, when she frac tured her left arm and left hip. She waa born In Adams county October 20, 1889, a daughter of William and Nettie Smith-Robin son, snd had lived in Decatur for the past 20 years. She was married December 24, 1913. to J. F Rupert, a salesman for Decatur Hatchery Surviving In addition to the husband are two daughter*, Mrs. Mar cella Slusher and Mrs Annabelle Case, both of Decatur; one brother. Daie Robinson of New Washington. 0.. and three grandchildren. One son preceded her In death. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. O. A. Eddy officiating. Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 pm Wednesday.

Price Four Cents

Strike Slated For Today Is Averted As Agreement Made After Long Session BULLETIN Detroit, Aug. 6.—(UP)— Local union delegates of the CIO United Auto Workers union today approved a peace pact which averted a noon strike of 108,000 Ford Motor company workers and gave the union protection from TaftHartley penalty provisions for up to a year. Detroit. Aug. s—(UP)—Top CIO , • United Auto Workers officials car ried to a council of local delegates today their decision to stay a strike of 108.0 M Ford Motor company workers set for noon and accept an agreement protecting the union from penalties under the Taft-Hartley law for up to a year. UAW vice-president Richard T. Ix-onard predicted the lin man Ford-UAW council would stamp , Its approval on a peace pact reach ed early today after a marathon, [ 19hour bargaining session. The . council meeting was closed. Leonard. UAW Ford director and ! chief negotiator, called off the strike and accepted a company plan which will submit the TaftI Hartley dispute to a four-man > i study committee. But the union chieftain still . brandished a strike threat pend > Ing Birther negotiations on another issue, administration of a pension , plan for Ford employes. I A new bargaining session on the pension Issue will be held st I ~p tn. Thursday and Leonard said no further strike deadline would be set until at least a week from that date. The UAW launched an Industrywide light in new contracts to esicnpe legal liability for wildcat strikes. 756 of which have occurred at Ford plants since 1941. la>onard warned that the "strike threat still stands" until the pension Issue is ironed out. The union has accused the company of seek Ing too many ’Vinlimited powers” in administering the retirement plan. The strike stay, averting a walkout of production workers In 46 Ford plants across the country, was ordered by the union after Leonard and John S. Bugas, chief of Ford negotiators, announced thw Taft-Hartley pact. Bugas and said that the Taft-Hartley agreement repre sented a compromise between the final offers of both sides In the dispute. They said agreement on the labor Issue was contingent upon agreement on the whole contract. It carried eight major provisions, as follows: 1. Appointment of two union and company representatives on a committee to work out a solution on union strike liability. 2. Falling to reach unanimous agreement within three months, the committee would appoint a fifth member-an outsider or the company-union umpire. | 3. The committee may extend study an additional three months by majority vote. 4. If agreement is not reached within a year, the union may reopen direction negotiations on the (Turn To Page 8, Column I) Pilot Is Killed In Army Plane Crash Williams Field, Aril., Aug. 5 — (UP)— An investigating board reported today (hat the crash of an A-26 twin-engined attack-bomber, in which one man was killed and three others injured, wae caused by the failure of one ot the engines. Army authorities said the pilot of the plane, (’apt. Donald 8. Stoddard of Twlnn Falls, Ida., was killed In the crash. T Sgt. Wilfiam Samson, Ashville. Ohio, and M/Sgt. William S. Masters. Bloomington. Ind., suffered critical injuries in the crash and a fourth man M/SgL Robert B. McKay, Huntsville. Ala., waa hurt less seriously