Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 1947 — Page 1

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■price Boosts Men New iCLUpswing IKg?'- — — | I Prices Increase At I I Grain, Livestock I I Markets Os Nation | .— ■§> f Imago, sept. 4-qP)-A new fen’s and livestock Markets threatened another jolt iKv to the housewife's budget. Mw price of butter, eggs, corn H„ at oats and nmat-on-the-hoof K risen to record high levels, ■rain traders said that much H th e price rise was caused by II L August drought, which in-, Hcted heavy damage to corn, ■ e nation’s basic crop. The ■ P r prices, the traders sard, Here tied to corn in an economic HKain reaction. '« I ■September corn sold at an allhigh Os $2.50 a bushel yesHrday on the Chicago board of E|ade September wheat sold for ■ l‘'62'4 and September oats for H' 16 7/ 8 . Both prices were record Hghs for September. On the mercantile exchange Hell egg and butter futures rose ■ new highs. October eggs sold H r 54 40 cents a dozen, and NoHmber butter for 73.25 cents a ■ ■At Chicago’s sprawling Union ■ffiwkyards. top grade steers yes■trday equalled the 1947 high of per hundred pounds. I ■ Market analysts said the recprices soon would be reflectin retail grocery stores and shops. |E A major factor in the price up Hwing, they said, was the governcommitments to expoqj, to needy countries. EBHere is the way the price became entangled, all the ■Kay from term to dinner table: El Floods and drought cut the* crop to about below la’si gear’s output. need corn to feed to animals, dairy cattle °hnd |l Many farmers planned to use Ewheat for feed where corn is unavailable. This sent the price of ■rheat, already high because of export purchases, ■till higher. El The price of livestock and products rose because of She higher cost of feeding the ■nimals. |l Walter C. Berger, president of ■ne American Feed Manufacturlers Association, said there w'ould ■e a feed shortage if farmers ■iaintained their present rate of ■ceding livestock. II Spokesmen tor the meat indus■ry said in turn that there would fc’e less meat next year if fewer ■uimals are fattened. A spokes■nan for the American Meat Institute estimated that meat conwould be cut 10 perBent next year. gl Berger said that whether ■dieat can be used profitably to ■atten steers depends on its ■rice, which in turn depends on muc h wheat the government Buys for export. M "If the price of wheat goes up’ Biore than 5 to 10 percent above Bhe price of corn," he said, ■ farmed will find it unprofitable ■ n fatten their animals on wheat Bud as a result will send them ■° market at much lighter ■eights." B Berger said that only 190,000,BM bushels of wheat were used ■ nr feeti last year, but he estimated that 500,000,000 bushels would ■>e needed this year to maintain ■ e 1946 rate of livestock feeding. ■ I he rapid rise in food prices ■rompted federal judge John P. arnes to summon a .special Stand jury to investigate price greases in the Chicago area. It be the nation’s first investiWtion of prices in the distribu•i°n of goods. Vandenberg Broadcast Tonight , Was hington, Sept. 4 — (UP)— hfn etar y Os staie Geur ge C. Mar- . and senate president Arthur . Va ndenberg will make a joint dcast to the nation at 9:30 it ti, tonight on the results Rina later American conference at K i° de Janeiro. fatuli WUI speak over the comna and American broadcasting co ®pany networks. WEATHER W ‘ th BCattered thu "‘ I «ltiF er * toni aht. Friday J c,Mr '.ng and somewhat cooler.

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County's Tax Rate !0.. Fixed At 59£ents Proposed Levy Is Reduced Six Cents The county cotjjfcil fixed the county’s tax rate payable in 1948 at 59 cents on the SIOO, a reduction of six cents under the proposed rate, but two cents higher than the current lev’. The county welfare departr cut’s rate was cut one cent, tr_m 14 to 13 cents on each SIOO of taxables, for a combined total of 72 cents, compared to the 71cent levy paid this year The councilmen loppen $20,000 from the $335,882 budget, including SB,OOO from an appropriation for butted, eggs and cheese at the county hospital, which the council assumed was an error. The hospital’s request for these items was listed at $10,117. The council allowed $2,117, after it was advised that purchases of dairy products totaled approximately $l7O monthly. ° Other reductions in the hospital budget amounted to $1,896. The council eliminated the requested appropriations for the county service officer, $2,872, and $4,205 for a county health nurse, which account for $16.97.3 of the total prunings. The appropriation for an office clerk in the surveyor’s 0 office was from $1,200 to S6OO and for a clerk in the assessor’s office from; S6OO to S4OO. The highway department's budget of $110,925, all of which is received from the state gasoline tax, was approved without change. The two levies, 59 and 13 cents, will produce approximately $223,000, figured on the county'%, assessed valuation which exceeds 31 million dollars this year. The salary of the Washington township assessor was sei at $720, a reduction of SIBO from the S9OO maximum allowance. The salary jpf the county school superintendent as fixed by the eottnty board of education. $4,800, was left unchanged. Likewise the superintendent’s deputy salary o’s $1,500 was approved. In the county agent’s btMget, minor items like postage, telephone expense, stationery and supplies, the total "was reduced from $4,513 to $4,155. The requested amounts lor next year’s general election expenses were approved. These total $11,133, plus an allowance of $1,409 for registration Expense. New Equipment Allowed The council allowed an appropriation of $2,925 for the county’s share in establishing a two-way police radio system between the

(Turn To Paev- 7. Column 71 0 Today Is Farmers.' Day At Slate Fair ' •) Attendance Record Is Set Wednesday Indianapolis, Sept. 4 — (UP) — goosier farmers have their own day at the 91st Indiana State Fair today, and fair officials said the inclement weather wouldn’t dampen the festivities a bit. Levi P. ftlfcpore. director of publicitj4»said the farmers' day parade would go on as scheduled this mornipg, with some 32 floats and 10 bands entered, though the parade might be on the infield rather .than on the track in froat of the grandstand. Yesterday’s Children and Education Day crowd topped .all previous records, when 96,491 paid admissions were recorded. Children of 12 and under were admitted free. On exhibit today is the "chicken of tomorrow” bred and raised from a white- Cornish-White Rock cross by Fred Cone of Independence, lowa. The prize chicken, which features a maximum of white meat, won first prize in a regional contest which saw 39 entries from nine states. Bob Martin. Ramsey, showed the best of tomorrow’s chickens from Indiana. Mrs. Beulah Taylor (820 S. 24th St.), Lafayette, took home a mixmaester set she won by blowing the biggest bubble in the mother’s bubble gum blowing contest. Norbert Croucher, Indianapolis, blew the winning entry in the fathers’ contest. He won a set of carpenter’s tools. At the 4-H club revue, Suzanna was best dressed girl. She won over 89 other girls, all of whom made the dresses they wore.

GovernmentTo Seek Refunds Os Railroads I & Overcharges For Wartime Shipping Basis Os Action Washington, Sept. 4 — (UP) — The government foday began action to obtain from $30,600,000 to $40,000,000 from 717 railroads it accuses of overcharging the government on shipments of explosives and ammunition during the war. Attorney General lorn C. Clark announced that a complaint had been filed with the interstate commerce commission to recover reparations for the alleged overcharges. It was the eighth complaint of similar nature involving wartime shipments filed with the ICC. The complaint charged the government was entitled to rates lower than those imposed by the railroads because of the "magnitude of the shipments .... and the successful safety measures placed in effect by the armed services, and other favorable transportation characteristics.” Clark said repeated efforts were made during the war by the armed forces to obtain lower rates but the railroads “persistently refuse®.’’ “Our investigation indicates that high explosives and ammunition traffic was most profitable to the railroads,” Clark said. "In view of the importance of these shipments, (Turn To Page 7, Column 3) —O — Enrollment In Berne Schools Is Decreased Berne,- Sept. 4 —285 grade pupjgs and 108 high school students enrolled in the Berne schools Tuesday, the opening day. The total of 393 is 10 below the first day enrollment, but at least a dozen more are expected to enroll in high school The high school enrollment is., down 15 this year from last year while the grade enrollment is up slightly, according to the figures released by E. M. Webb, school superintendenf.

Courtney Runyon Dies Last Evening Hartford Township Resident Is Dead Courtney Runyon, 75, well known Hartford township farmer, died last evening at 5:05 o’clock at his home of a heart attack. He was stricken Tuesday afternoon while working in the woods on his farm. Relatives found him in the woods and removed hfin to his home, where his death followed. He was born in French township April 19, 1872, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Runyon. In 1889 he was married to Millie M. Gentis, who survives. Surviving? besides the wife are three children, Mrs. Nema Fields of near Geneva; Reuben Runyon of Van Wert, 0.. and Mrs. Leota Gilbert of Montpelier; eight grandchildren; a brother, Eugene Runyon <<>f Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Wechter of Salem, Ore.; Mrs. Jennie Smith of Arkansas; a half-brother. Harry -Runyon of Michigan; two half-sisters, Mrs. Ethel Duff of Michigan and Mrs. Flora Boze of near Berne. One daughter is deceased. c Funeral services will bt? held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren church and burial will be in the Greenwood cemetery at Linn Grove. The body will be returned from the Yager funeral home to the residence this evening and may be viewed after 7p. m. * o Red Cross Reports Aid To Servicemen The Red Crass home service office rendered service to 55 cases and extended financial aid of $226 to ex-servicemen, servicemen and their dependents during August, the monthly report of Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth, executive reveals. Among new casee handled were thgee appliiVHons for returning war dead and seven reports to the veteran’s administration. Practically Hl the cases were in relation ft veterans and their problems, or aid to them and their families.

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■ V.F.W. J) pens ’47 : \ 6 ® MHb' W" > RAY H. BRANNAMAN, Denver attorney and Senior vice-Command-er-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, greets the organization’s commander, Louis E. Starr of Portland. Ore., as they met in Cleveland to prepare for the 48th annual encampment in the Ohio city, Sept. 4 through Sept. 9. Brannaman will succeed Starr as commander. Both are veterans of World War f.

West Virginia Man And Wife Kidnaped Illinois Mafi Held, Denies Rape Charge Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 4 — (UP) —A 30-year-old Fairmount, 111., man was held in Knox County jail today after admitting kidnaping a West Virginia miner and his wife. He denied charges by |he woman that he forced her into a woods and attacked her. Sheriff Francis Thomas said Floyd Britt admitted kidnaping Mr. and Mrs. William Widener of Beckley, W. Va., near Vincennes yesterday and forcing then), to drive all day in southern Indiana and Illinois grhile hft shot at along the highways. However, the sheriff said Britt denied charges by the 34-year-<4d woman that he forced her into a lonely wooded area and attacked her. Britt was arrested near Petersburg, Ind., where a stolen auto believed used for a getaway was recovered, Thomas said. Mr. and Mrs. Widener told police that a masked man approftched them as. they slept in their car near Vincennes yesterday. They were "forced to drive to ShoSls, Ind., they said, where he told them to turn around and take him to Flora, 111., 40 miles west. The West Virginia couple said the jjian became intoxicated on wine he purchased along the way and that he shot at roadside signs with- a revolver. • Mrs. Widener said that “somewhere in Illinois” the man ordered them to stop the car, forced her into a woods an'd raped her. They said they drove back to Indiana and, when the man went into a restaurant, they escaped in their car, hid for a shoM time on a country road, and then reported the incident to police. ‘ A stolen automobile belonging to (Turn To Pag® 2, Column 5)

District Legion Auxiliary Officers Installed Today

Newly elected officers of the fourth district American Legion auxiliary, headed by Mrs. Ralph E. Roop of Decatur as president, were installed this afternoon in ceremonies at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Mrs. Tilman Gehrig, of Decatur, a past president of the district organization and of the local auxiliary unit, served as installing officer. More than 100 women representing the 23 auxiliary units in district had registered by noon today and more were expected to 1 arrive this afternoon. • The noon luncheon was served in the church dining room by ladies of the church. Members of the past president’s parley of the local unit, with Mrs, T. C. Smith, parley president, and Mrs. Elmer Darwachter acting as co-chairmen, were in general charge of the event. New officers, in to Mrs. Roop, who asWmed their new posts this afternoon, are: Mrs. Dean BecMol, Garrett, vic& president, Bauer, Decwl tur, secmary-treasu^r; Mrs. Jesse Boring,

Judge Fruchte 111, Court Is Adjourned Judge J. Fred Fruchte became ill while attending to his duties in Adams circuit coutt this morning and was returned to his home. Court matters set for this morning were postponed. ■o. O-- - Corn Crop Forecast e Further Decreased Grain House Expert Revises Forecast o Chicago, Sept. 4 —(UP) —C. M. Balvin, statistician for the James E. Bennett and Co. grain house, forecast today that the 1947 coni crop would fall nearly 285,000,000 bushels short • the government’s Aug. 1 estimate Galvin estimated tt: t. the crop vould total 2,375,008,0u0 bushels compared with the government’s Aug. 1 estimate of 2,659,949,000 bushels. Galvins latest estimate was nearly 350,000,000 bushels short of his own Aug. 1 estimate. At that time, he predicted that the 4947 crop would total 2.724.808,000 bushels. He said that although the corn belt got rain on and after Aug. 23 it came too late and was insufficient to bring about “any appreciable recovery” in the corn s crop. He emphasised that his current estimate was “tentative and subject to possible wide revision” because of a wide variation in plant development. If Galvin’s current estimaSe holds true the 1947 corn crop w/ill he nearly 913,000,000 bushels short of the bumper 1946 crop of 3,287.927,000 bushels and more than 264,000,000 bushels short ot the average crop of 2.639.102.00 C, bushels sot* 5 the years 1936 through 1945. Galvin said his estimate was (Turn To Patre 2. Column 31

■3k. > p Mrs. Ralph E. Roop torian; Mrs. Harold Tieman. Decatur, chaplain; zgMrs. Forest Kain, Fort Wayne!'Warliamentar : ian and Mrs. Simon J. Younjlg Kendallville, who was named to the executive board. All of the offi(Turn To Page 2, Column 5)

Americans, Europeans In Riot-Torn »India Are Threatened By Violence

World Scientists Spur Cancer Fight. Atom Products Made Available By U. S. St. Louis, Sept. 4 — (UP) — Scientists Jrom all parts of tha°world rtfshed plans to coordinate their figfct against cancer today, spurred by America’s release of radioactive isotopes for international research. Delegates to the fourth international cancer research congress voiced unanimous acclaim for President Truman’s announcement that the atomic products would be made available to scientists all over the world for medical studies. The announcement came as the congress’ executive committee revealed initial plans for a world organization to consolidate research and avoid duplication of efforts. Dr. E. V. Cowdry, St. Louis, congress president, said the committee agreed that the world organization would consist of »ne representative from each nation sented in the congress. Each government would contribute to the cost in proportion to its size and resources, he said, atid a general staff o would meet annually to hear progress reports and direct future programs. The committee still had not decided, however, on whether to establish an entirely new organization or to operate within the framework of the Union International Cont re Le Cancer, one of the sponsors ofe the congress. The Union Internationale has headquarters in Paris. President Truman’s announcement of the release of the radioactive elements was greeted with enthusiasm when read to the delegates by Cowdry last night. “On behalf of the people of the United States I am pleased to announce . . . that progress in the production of radio isotopes by the United States oatmic energy cominissiftn now permits limited distribution to Qualified research workers in other countries ... for medical and biological research." Mr. Truman’s telegram said. “I know that the representatives of the United States attending the cancer research congress share my hope that the open, impartial and truly international character of medical research will carry over into the realm of other problems of world concern. “The sharing by and among all nations of both the means and the results of cancer research will re(Turn To Page 2. Column 3) O

To Protest Removal Os Municipal Plant Residents Near New Site Plan Protest Residents 0 of Mercer avenue south of the Erie railroad will protest the proposed removal of the Decatur municipal plant, it was reported last night. One man, who acted as unofficial spokesman, said that a group of residents in that vicinity have already made plans to appear before the city council at its next meeting and lodge a formal protest. He said that they will also appear on October 7 — hearing date set on a declaratory resolution to appropriate land in the southwest sector of Decatur as a new pltnt site. The spokesman declared that as many as 150 signatures will appear on a remonstrance which he plans to suW>it to the council at its next meeting. The fact that the city plans to move the plant to the new location was made known only yesterday, following a council meeting in which legal steps to appropriate the land were begm £>, It had been knouTt for some time the plant is A be moved, aftjw it was pointed out that limited space a4_the present location will not sS expansion program necessary becaflEA of the increased output demand on the plant facilities.

Congress May Be Called In Special Meet Marshall Studying t Need Os Session To Speed Europe's Aid Washington, Sept. 4 —(UP) — Secretary of state George C. Marshall came to gripe today with the questipn of whether congress should be called into special session this fall for emergency acti«n on a program of ecoitemic aid for western Etrope. The iesue was dumped in the homecoming secretary’s lap yesterday when undersecretary of state Robert A. Lovett told newsmen Europe’s economic condition is deteriorating so fast she muet be given stop-gap aid before the Marshall plan goes into effect. H certainly is later than we think, he declared. Lovett did not say whether he saw the need for a special fall cession to speed action on European aid. The original plan was to turn the Marshall plan over to senate and house foreign affairs committees in November so it would be ► ready for debate by the full congress on its scheduled return in January. But some top government officials said today they did not see how a congressional decision could be postponed until January. They said the mounting European crisis now tpakeis it apparent that action by the full congress must begin as soon as legislation has been prepared, possibly in November. Lovett, in stating, the necessity for stop-gap action, spoke about temporary devices such os loans from the world bank or the U. S. expert bank. He left it unclear however. whether he felt there was a need for congress to do anything of an emergency nature. Views of top government officials that a special session is now essential were shared by some congressmen who said chaos in Europe would defeat any program of assistance that came too late. • Sen. Joseph C. O’Mahoney, ‘ D., Wyo., said congress should be called back because the success of the Marshall* plan “involves questions of peace and safety of the world.” Sen. Carl. A. Hatch, D„ N. H.. Rept. Brooks Hays. D.. Ark., and Rep. Melvin Price ©., 111., also saw the need for a special cession to begin work on the Marshall plan. But the “key figures in congress as far as any such decision is concerned remained silent for the moment. Senate president Arthur H. Vandenberg, teq) GOP foreign poUdJr - (Turn To Page 7, Column 4) O — r -

Court Docket Call Is Postponed Today © Judge Fruchte 111, Docket Call Delayed Calling of the docket of the’ September term of the Adams circuit court, scheduled for this morning, was postponed to a later date because of the illness of Judge J. Fred Fruchte. Several entries were made by the court late yesterday and today, however. In the possession suit of D. D. Jones against Harry and Donna Brown, the court found for the plaintiff and rendered judgment against the defendants. Appearance was entered by Ed A. Bosse for the defendants in the account suit of the Southern Automatic Music company against Tunis Hudson and in the divorce action of Frances against Herbert Reidenbach. Nathan C. Nelson entered an appearance for the defendant y(£\the suit of Bonnie Lou against John J. Frsutlz. i’Jp’ divorce case of Izora against Cecil Henke was set for trial Friday afternoon at 2 c in circuit court. Several entries were also made in cases cu«»Jie estate docket.

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Resentment Mounts Against Foreigners As Open Threats Os Violence Reported o " Lahore, Sept. 4—(UP)—Resentment against the presence of Americans in strife-torn PaklSt.au was on the rise today, with open threats of <olence against Ahem being heard for the first time. Several American business men were sending their wives out of the new dominion, or were planning to do 80. Native sentiment against Europeans also was increasing, but no action Mad been taken so tar against Britons. One minor e/ Pakistan official angrily denounced the Americans, and told George Parker of Nahant. Mass , a Goodyear e representative: "Now thi< we. h'ave cleaned out the Hindus, we are going to dealt out the. Americans. We are sick «and tired of them living in luxury while millions of Moslems suffer. If you do not leave we will kill you too.” A group of American correspondents was waylaid Tuesday night while returning to their hotel by a band of Pakistan youths who threatened to beat them up for “insulting" the gov eminent. Some fast talking by the Americans averted what might have been a bad situation. Several American businesses were completing arrangements to move out at a moment’s notice. They had sent word to their beadquarters that the outlook for carrying on busines was most gloomy, even if they reorganized their staffs to put Moslems in the places of Hindus and Sikhs who ran off or were killed. Throughout Lahore a gefieral decrease in respect for foreigners was noticeable. Repeated incidents and minor insults against Americans w) re insignificant singly. But collectively they were growing to large proportions. The natives seemed to be venting the cockiness of their new independence mostly on the Americans. A scathing editorial in the Pakistan Time# against foreign press reports claimed that a group of Hindu correspondents who accompanied Jawaharlal Nehru on lis week-end visit to this area wrote biased descriptions. But the Times failed to identify them as Indians, merely labeling their dispatches as "out-ide reports’ which the people took generally to mean the foreign press. No demands had been so far upon the American embassy for a mass evacuation of U. S. nationals, and none was contemplated by the Lahore consulate unless the situation becomes more grave. — o

Mrs. Baxter Williams Dies This Morning Mrs. Baxter Williams. 86, died at 9:15 a.m. todas at the home of o a son, Sam. in Churubusco. A former resident of Adams county, she is survived by two other sone, John of Pasadena, Calif., and Orville of Romeo. Mich., two daughters, Mrs. Maude Meyette and Mrs. Lulu Brodout of Flint, Mich.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Mae Johnson of this city, and a brother, Sam Harklees of Decatur. Funeral arrangements have not been completed Mohandas Gandhi Reported Weaker Calcutta, Sept. 4 —(UP) — Mohandas K. Gandhi was reported today to be definitely weaker on the third day of his fast designed to bring peace to hie riot-torn land. Gandhis personal physician said he had weakened a’ppreciably in the last 24 hours. A medical bulletin said the tension and frequency of his increased. Boys Break Winder, Air Rifle Is Seized S Sheriff Herman Bowman todays confiscated an air rifle young lads in the west end of town ehot out a window in a on Nuttman avenue.