Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 190, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1947 — Page 1

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Inces Os Getting Cars-Used i'SSfew--To Be Better In Fall

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One of the strongest new wea pons against the black market, according to dealers. Is a new type of conditional sales contract adopted by several large manufacturers and a number of individual dealers. It Is designed to keep buyers from grabbing 1947 models to turn over to used car lots, lln der this contract the buyer promlees that H." six months he will t.ot sell the «er to anybody except the den.tr wro sold It to him The National Autc.n.oblle Dealers Association. representing alrout 411,1.00 new dealers, reports that already there are fewer 1947 models oh urn! coi tj'.s a# a result. The association says several courts already have upheld the legality of such a contract. William Shuman, manager of Turn To Page 2. (’..l.imi. 7) Cost Os Living Still Climbing Labor, Management Blame One Another Washington. Aug. 15 —(UP) — and management each blamed the other for high price* today as government statistics showed the cost-of-living at a new postwar high and stftl climbing. A la lair spokesman. ('IO vice president Emil Hieve. accused the national artsociation of manufacturers of going back on its pledge to work for lower prices If OPA were discontinued. Hieve called on con gress for immediate restoration of price ceiJitiKS and rationing of certain scarce goods. The NAM replied that lalsir's ' three rounds of general wage increases In the past year and the direct loss through strikes of more than 2u.uoo.imi) man-days of pro duction since last Novemtier" were directly responsible for keeping prices up. The NAM also criticized what it termed the justice department's Intimation yesterday that current .high prices are the result of criminal conspiracy It referred to the department's all-out campaign a gainst conspiracies to increase food, clothing and housing prices. The campaign ia l>oth "absurd and dangerous," said the NAM. becaude Is ignores the effect on prices of wage boosts, strikes and foreign relief demands. Meanwhile, latest figures from government agencies show that Incomes and prices are still on the upswing. The labor department's wholesale market price index rose one-half of oste jfercent in the week ended Aug. 2. with steel and building materials leading the way. The price of farm products fell during tbs week, but food and all other commodities continued to increase. Amid the chargen and countercharges. Democrats and Republicans. lalmr and industry were allpledged to do something about the high cost-of living. The. Democrat administration through the justice department promised to launch an immediate drive against illegal monopolistic price boosting. Attorney general Tom C. Clark ccaid his anti-trust lawyers would plump for jail sentences and stiff fines for those convicted. * _... <F — ■ Death Claims Mrs. Katherine Behling Adams County Lady Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs. Kathertna Behling. 71. a resident of this county her entire life until a y**ar ago, died this morning at 9:15 o'clock at the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne . She was bom in Wabash township on August 4. 187« the daugh ter of John and Barbara Huser Schentieck. Her husband. Frank Behling, is deceased. She moved to Fort Wayne a year ago to make her home with a son. Elmer. Her death followed an extended Illness and was attributed to dialietes. Surviving, besides the son Is a daughter. Mm. Minnie Wilkins of Berne: three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Yager funeral home and burial will be In the M. R E cemetery The body may bo viewed at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thurs-

SIZZLING HEAT GRIPS MIDWEST

Hughes Expects Brewster Bout To Be Resumed Claims Senator ts Wont To Hit Below The Belt In Tilts Los Angeles, Aug. 13—(UP)— Howard Hughes said he was con vinced today that bis battle with Sen. Owen D. Brewster has just begun. He said he had no doubt that a recess in a senate investigation of his war contracts meant that Brewster, the committee chairman. had "just begun to fight." “He has an unlimited capacity for hitting below the belt." Hughes said. During the investigation of $40.000,000 worth of war contracts. Hughes accused Brewster of black mail and being the senate mouthpiece for Pan-American Airways. Brewster accused Hughes of lying. The millionaire manufacturer and movie producer was back at work today on tests of bis photo-recon-naissance plane. He had interrupted the teats to defend the plane before the committee. He came home from the hearings last night, feeling he was no longer "behind the eight ball" but still wary of the Maine Republican. “I suppose I'll regret the rest of my life that I tangled with Brewster." he said. “I don't minimize hrs capacity for dirty dealing, and I have no doubt that, as he says, be has just begun Io fight.” Hughes said pressure of work on the XF-11 photo plane, in which he was nearly killed during a test flight last year, would keep him from taking any vacation. He may ' fly It today, he said. "I'm going to get caught up on my work." he said. "This last month has been completely wasted.” Hughes also was working on his huge plywood flying bpat, which the senators complained had cost the government 320,000.000 but still hadn't flown. When It flies, he told reporters, depends on "how I feel about it." The monster ship is undergoing tests at a specially built dock. Hughes' aides doubted that It could be in the air before the committee hearing is scheduled to resume Nov. 17. Hughes predicted, and some senators agreed, that the probe was over for good, hut t he waved a light hearted “I'll be back" when he took off from Washington's Na(Turn To Psge 2. Column 3) 0 > Moose Picnic To Be Held Sunday Annual Affair Set For Sunset Park t The annual picnic for members of Adams lodge 1311, Loyal Order of Moose and their families will be held Sunday at Sunset park. Plans for the event are In full swing under the direction of Wesley Titus, chairman, and workers expected it to be the largest and most entertaining in history. Pony rides, game, fish ponds, horseshoe, roller skating and many more entertalrments are being arranged for the all day program The 4-H steer, purchased by the lodge recently, will be butchered to furnish food for the picni>*. A number of prizes will be given. The entire event will be free to members of the lodge and their families. Hundreds are expected to attend. Shooting Star Show tn Late Performance There may have been some Decaturies who witnessed last night's heavenly display of meteors —but at a late hour no "nlghtowl” able to stay up long enough to witness the phenomena had reported the fizet. The display, expected to continue nightly for the balance of the week,, does not begin until about 2 am , it waa learned today by the sleepyeyed and chagrined writer.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 13, 1947

Adieu To Washington Worries

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SMILING and happy. Howard Hughe# waves goodbye io Washington and the more than 100 persona who saw him off at National Air|mrt as he prepares to take- off in his converted B-23 bomber for the West Coast. Showing relief at the abrupt termination of the Senate war investigating committee's hearing# Into hi# war contract#, Hughe# thanked Hie “people whose attitude amounted to a vindication” of him and io the press for its fairness In reporting the investigation He #aid he ha# no idea as to lhe whereabout# of hi# public relaiions man. Johnny Meyer, key figure in lhe inquiry.

Negro Legion Post Denies Red Charge Illinois State Head Makes Accusations Peoria. 111.. Aug 13 — (UP) -*» The commander of a Negro American legion |H>#t today de nied charge# hy state legion official# that the group harbored coinmuniHt# and followed the party line. Stale commander William P. Kleusken# notified lhe Hoy H Tisdell post last night that its charter iiad been revoked tern porarily. He charged lhe pout had assisted “those engaged in dissemination of ideologic# which are contrary to tiie tenet# of the American l>-gioi> communism." The charge was denied today t»y C. A Hazelwood, Hie post's commander, who said "(here will Io a really big story In this when we make lhe true facts known.'* "Kleuskens* charges definitely are not true," Hazelwood said. "I« defy him or any other state officer to prove them. There Isn't n single communist among our 114 member# and our l**glon program has been a# American as anv other in the country." Kleuskens had charged that the post "wliile a? ring in the name of another organization has Involved the name of lhe Amertran legion in controversies relating to communi#m in such away as to bring the good name of the American Mgion into disrepute." "The dissension and contrcA versy and discontent existing tn the post are of such nature that this group cannot adequately function as a post of the American Legion." he said. Hazelwood said the post would meet Thursday “as an independent organization” to determine how to fighi the ouster. The meeting, he said, "will be held in a community center instead of in our post home." The revocation was believed to have sprung from the squabble that arose over the appearance of Negro singer Paul Robe#on here last April. Hazelwood, a vlcepresldenl of the local chapter of (he National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was a member of the citizens committee which urged that city hall be used for a reception for Robeson. Hazelwood, however, denied that the state order could have resulted from the Robeson affair. "Our post iiMued a statement at the time that It was not entering into the matter.” he said “And my personal motives were (Tara To Pane (, Calaain I)

Firemen Answer Coll, Some To Wrong Place Gephart sounds like Lenhart — and as a result a number Os volunteer firemen went to the wrong sawmill about 4 p.m. yesterday when the fire alarm sounded The operator relayed the Infor (nation that Hie fire wan reported at the Gephart sawmill oh Heventeenth street, where some sawdust was ablaze — but a lot of them thought she said Lenhart and went to the one off Thirteenth street. U Mayor Issues No Panhandling Order Warns Bums, Beggars To Get Out Os City John B. Stults In city court this morning served notice to all pan handlers, moochers. “vagi'* and bums that they will not be tolerated In this city. As an example he ordered John Bailey, 27, out of the city at once. When the defendant, who said his home was in Tennessee, said he had a check coming for railroad gang work, the mayor left him stay until he received it—but he #tays in jail. He was arrested yesterday hy police chief Ed Miller, who charged he was begging for money on the streets. Prosecutor Myles F. Parrish placed a public Intoxication charge against Bailey 0 Tonne Estate Value Set At $12,700 The value of the Henry Tonne estate, which was admitted In Superior Court 2. Fort Wayne, le listed at 812,700. The heirs are the widow and four children. Mr Tonne died July 29. He wa# a half-brother of W. A. Klepper of this city. - ■ -Q— Surveyor To Be Out Os Office 10 Days Virgil Bowers, county surveyor, will be out of his office for 10 days beginning Friday, while vacationing in Wisconsin. Deputy John W. Tyndall will remain in the office during the period. -O-"—- — Elk's Meeting To Be Held Thursday The regular meeting of the Elks Lodge will be held at the Elks borne tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. This la the only meeting to be held this month and all membars are urgently requested to attend.

Little Or No Rain Falls On Hard, Dusty Corn Crop Grounds; No Early Relief

0 0 Weather Forecast: ■ HOT! 0 0 A weatherman one apparently without a cotxcien-e today predicted for Decaturite# just what he has been predicting for DecaturItes for several days, I. e.: Fair and continued warm through tomorrow. With the muerciiry zooming up Into the 90's every afternoon, residents of the community have hopefully awaited hl# forecast each day — but always with the same results: Fair ami continued warm Indianapolis. Aug. 13 — (UP) Even if shower# come to Indiana tnls Friday or Sunday as predicted, they will do little to ease the widespread damage to the Hoosier corn crop, the weather bureau reported today. Although it was cooler over most of the state than It was this lime laet week, the temperatures still ranged In the 9()'s. The highest reading in the state yesterday was 95 at Angola, with 94 degrees recorded at South Bend. 98 at latfayette. 92 at F«»rt Wayne and Terre Haute and 90 in Indianapolis. The weather bureau said the Indiana corn crop would be irreftairably parched if relieving rains do not corny soon. At the present time, however, the crop is reported in "fair to good" condition. The Indianapolis bureau forecast "fair and continued warm" for the state today and tomorrow. Q Seek Reason For Steel Shortage Senate To Ask Big Steel For Cause Washington, Aug. 13 -(UP) Senate Investigators said todav they will soon ask big steel for it# explanation of the steel shortage A senate small business subcom niittee has already heard small fabricators, manufacturers and consumers relate their difficulti<* in obtaining steel ami #teel products. Sen. Edward Martin. R . Pa., subcommittee chairman, was expected back at the capltcd today to set a date for resumption of the hearings. Representatives <tf big steel and the CIO steelworkers union are expected to be called to testify. The subcommittee's announcement follow# a demand by west coast industrialist Henry J. Kaiser for a thorough senate probe of the alleged failure to the -teel industry to expand its productive capa city to meet national and world needs. Kaiser and others have charged big steel is refusing to expand its capacity because it is afraid the now heavy demand will slump in a few years. In testimony already taken by (Turn To Pave « Column X) VFW Will Sponsor Carnival In Cily Meet Thursday To Make Final Plans A special meeting c-f Limber lost post 4236. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the post home. Dr. H. V. DeVor, post command er, said that plans will be made by the post for the proposed spon soring of a carnival here next week. All members and officers of the post are urged to attend. Comfnander DeVor said that arrangements are being made for staging the carnival at Schmitt's Field, east of the city, all next week. Five "rides" and a number of concessions, eating stands, etc. are to be brought here for the carnival, ho stated.

Russia Able To Balk U. S. Balkans Plan Little Known Word In UN Charter Is Aid To Russians Lake Success. N. V.. Aug 13 (UP) It may take three more Soviet vetoes, but Rus-da wan In a position today to thwart the United Slates plan for tossing the smold ering Balkan# dispute to the 55 United Nations at the forthcoming sewion of the general assembly. A rarely mentioned article In the UN charter, plus the very veto power the western countries are trying to circumvent in the Balkan# case were eM’ecled to stand Russia in gissi stead in the new and cnti ial stage of the debate The shatter prohibits the assembly from acting in any case with which the security council is occupied. UN diplomat# pointed out that Russia, by adroit use of the big five rule of unanimity, can veto any attempt to strike the ca#e from the council’s docket, this would prevent the awtembly from acting in the matier. a# proposed yesterday by the U. S. Before that decision is taken, Russia will have to weild the veto at least two other times if it sticks to it# refusal to allow any long inngA UN intervention between squabbling Greece and Albania. Bulgaria ami Yugoslavia The first of these will probably kill of Australia's proposal to brand the Balkan# dispute a "threat to peace." to send permanent UN observers to the Balkan# and to order all four governments to cease provocations. It would not attempt to place Idatne for the trouble in that corner of the world Following that, Soviet delegate Andrei Grontyo was almost certain to vote "no" to the new American proposal, which in effet t would accuse the three northern countries of trying to foist a Cmrnunist die tutorship on Greece It also would keep the security council's teinpor ary sulx-ommission patrolling Balk an# border# indefinitely. o Col. Pettit Talks To Decatur Lions Auction School Head Relates Experiences Col. Guy I'ettit. of Bloomfield. lowa, was the speaker Tuesday night at the meeting of the Decatur Lion# club, held In the Knight# of Pythias home. Col Pettit, for yearu an instructor at the Reppert School of auctioneering, delivered an interesting address coverlnig phase# of public speaking and auctioneering. Recognized a# an expert in his line, the speaker liarrated several experiences and inter-persod hie address with several recitations of poetry I) Burdette Custer and Thurman I) Scheiferstein were ciub member in charge of the program - -Q — ■■■■• Hunsicker Will In Probate At Bluffton The will of Mrs. Susannah (Sue) Hunsicker of Hiuffton, who died recently wae filed for probate with the Wells county clerk Tuesday. The estate is divided among a numlter of nephews and nieces, including Mrs. Margaret Ehinger of De catur; Don Hunsicker and I-eons Hensley of Bronson. Mich. A special Itequest was made to the Presbyterian church of Bluffton and a fund of 8150 was set up to provide for care and flowers for the Hunsicker cemetery lot at the Fairview cemetery in Bluffton.

Price Four Cents

East Coast Gets Full Blast From Heat Wave; Some Light Rains Fall Then- wa# mud in the field# of a few lucky midwestern farmer# today but throughout too much of the corn belt the go««i earth was hard <>r even duaty underfoot. Early today and last night, many parts of lite country had general shower# Where is wa# needed most In the mid western corn belt very little rain fell Farmer# there -aw only scattered showier#. and moot of them wanted a trenching downpour Weather bureau official# at ('hie ago reporter! "quite general show ers" and thunderstorm# over Mon tana and western North Dakota and In the southeastern and south western portions of the nation Rain# In the plain* #tat« # were scattered and no appreciable rainfall wa# reporter! in most of the midwest where prolonged het seared mat uring corn. The northern Ror ky Mountain re gion and the northern Great latkes area reported cooler weather today but there wa# no relief for the remainder of the nation The ea#t coast fell Hit full force >f the heat wave yesterday. At Boston the mercury rose to 93 the highest temperature of the year. The weather bureau there aahl it would be hot "nd humid there today with a higlt reading of 94 degree# Canton. (), with a temperature >f 101 had Hie hottest day In It# history The previou# record of ItHt wa- set July 28. 1941. A section of the Lincoln highway buck led and blew up. apparently a# a result of the heat. At Chicago where (he tempera ture has been in the high 90'# con siotently for more than two weeks, two-year old Dion Kelvin decided to do something altottt Hie heat last night He crawled under hi# bed In search of a cooling breeze and got his head caught between the bed springs. After his parents and neighbors tried vainly to release him, firemen were summoned. Fireman Tom Bradbury collected all the petrol cum waive in the neighborhood, thoroughly greased the boy's head, and with neighbor's help, pulled the child free Dion suffered a stiff neck ami an eai full of salve o Cops Hit At Dick Tracy's Who Solve All "Whodunnits" Indianapolis. Auk 1-1 (UPt The fraternal order of police wa# on record today opposing motion pictures, radio programs and comic book# featuring private detectives who always solve the case while the local ptdice force is stumped Chapters in 16 states were represented by 350 delegates at (he annual grand lodge meeting in Indianapolis which passed the resolution condemning "private eyes" The same resolution denounced the "bold, vicious, salacious and immoral" comie books which demoralize the youth of the nation Delegates to the conclave contend that movies and radio programs leave an "utterly false" impression with the public that private Investigators and newspaper people do the work of the police with exceptional ease Instead, the policemen say. most. lif not all. real life crimes are solved by routine methods by the man on the beat. Other resolutions adopted by the convention called for adoption of of a uniform traffic code and a national firearms act. Officers contended that modern automobiles and highways have put all parts of the country In the "backyard" of all motorists and that drivers should not have to learn (Turn To Paae S. Column 74 — o ——— Weather Lets forecast: Fair tonight and Thuraday, except scattered thundershowers In most of north portion Thursday afternoon. Continued wa.*m.