Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1947 — Page 1

XLV. No. 218.

SECOND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS

Eastern Florida. Prepares To Face Hurricane Blast

Aiant, Uncertain ||iurricane Lashes Bahamas; Florida SLoast May Be Hit I ———' — ■cksonville, Fla.. Sept. 16 — I (jjp Eastern Florida prepared IJgay to receive the full onof a giant and uncertain hwßeane which struck the great. Ab#<o Islands in the Bahamas yfgi 160 mile an hour winds at 1115 a. m. EST. gjMLp weather observer at HopetnX Great Abaco Island, stated SKwas closing his station at 11:15 a. m. EST, the Miami bureau reported. The winds were lasting the town at 160 miles an A- at that time and the barompressure was 28.52 inches. indicates that the hurri|SKe may be moving slowly westHH<i at about five to seven miles I H hour >” the weather bureau ■ warned that "this severe |Hm is critically close to Florida! and if westerly movement is gSlrmed by later reports, it will be necessary to issue hurricane tings. 11 interests over eastern Florida should make all preliminary preparations and stand by for frequent further advisories.” enough, 19 years ago tod»y on Sept. 16, 1928, another hurricane swept inland over Ast Palm Beach, causing the flhth of 1,836 persons and injurin another 1,800, most of them is the Lake Okeechobee region. Wf lake overflowed its banks Wing out thousands of homes lithe everglades section. ■’he hurricane during the night hjd remained nearly stationary, W weather bureau said, hoveriag around the northern Gahain-

But late advisories today indiI the gigantic storm was I nwlng very slowly westward tothe Florida resort coast. | ■Sreat Abaco Island. where the was raging, is approxij Ately 200 miles' east of West ■ I‘ihn Beach. I WThe weather bureau said that ■ a J interests over eastern Florida | would make all preliminary preI Wations and stand by. | •‘The area of strong winds has expanded and now cover an area about 400 miles in diameter." the advisory said. ■First effects of the blow felt the mainland coast, ‘came ■U* 18 to 20 mile an hour winds Palm Beach to Melbourne. ■At Jacksonville Beach, waves •pled over a seven foot con•*e seawall, but children were ■ht to school as usual. Cross chapters along the ■orida coast were alerted for , i‘ possible disaster. ■ The weather bureau said fre■ent advices and possible warrt■6s would he issued today and ' ®At Jacksonville Beach, Mrs. J. ■ Scott, Jr., whose cottage is 5C ■ et from the seawall, said perHanent residents who are veter- ® s many hurricanes were ■ c hing to their homes although •catloners on the beaches were ■ ov ing into Jacksonville. ’ I (TurnJTo Page 6. Column 3) Bus Plunges Over ! a nk f Two Killed I Dunkirk, N. Y„ Sept. 16 —(UP)— Hospitalized survivors ot a bus acft .t n ,», near llere to *d police today ■ he vehicle, carrying 22 peri on the rainy pave- > p l un S e d 45 feet down an killing two and injur<L? ° ther Demons. ■arv 6 l ! ea(l , were identified as Miss ■ - Noble, 18, of Fredonia, Irie " c an(l Mrs ’ Della Car ey- 72, | (n .. tn ”i MISS Nohle was going |T t 0 be married, friends said. 1 . WEATHER iflht" - *" Bhtly Warmer to ’ t'easin 0 We ? neSday fair ‘“ uth - in--.-th.

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10 Americans Halt Yugoslav Trieste Move Bluff 2,000 Troops From Plan To Take Unauthorized Posts Trieste, Sjipt. 16.—(UP)—Ten American soldiers stood up to 2,00(1 Yugoslav troops at a lonely outpost north of Trieste early today and by talking fast and stalling for time bluffed them out of their plans to inarch on this free city and take up unauthorized posts. The clash of American and Yugoslav wills in the rough country between Gor(gno and Prosseco was the dramatic highlight of the birth of the free territory of Trieste and the ticklish movements of armies into new positions. Rifle shots cracked repeatedly through the tense night enveloping the U, S. army outpost, and mortar and grenade explosions were audible from the areas of the Yugoslav advance. The shots apparently were mere outlets for the jubilation of Marshal Tito’s men, because no clashes of troops or civilians were reported. Lt. William Ochs of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Lt. Lyle Lenhart of Evanston. 111., were in command of the detachment. They had their orders—not to allow any Yugoslavs to pass. The higher echelons of command had worked out the scheme. The Yugoslavs were to enter the free state of Trieste from the south and take up positions in the hinterland below the city. Then the vanguard of the Yugoslav detachment loomed out of the night. The Yugoslav officers demanded free passage through the Italian and free state territory. Two thousand soldiers and 34 vehicles were on their way south. The officers argued that the Italian treaty, under which today’s whole readjustment was being made, contained no specific prohibition against such passage. The men of the U. S. 88th division had their orders, and they were sticking to them. They passed the Yugoslav spokesmen from one U. S. officer to another—from lieutenants to captains to majors. And while they were stalling, they wheeled up two tanks into position on the country road facing the Yugoslav advance. The Yugoslavs still were arguftg that they had the right to pass when dawn came. In the first flush of daylight, a squadron of 12 British bombers and several U. S. observation planes flew over.

Decatur Man's Trial On In Allen County Reckless Homicide Trial Opens Today The trial of William Hoffman, 33, of this city, who is charged with reckless homicide, was scheduled to open in Allen circuit court at Fort Wayne today. Hoffman was charged with the offense, following a three-car auto crash just south of the Fort Wayne city limits on federal road 27 last spring. Two persons, occupants of one of the other cars involved in the crash, were fatally hurt. The local man, himself, was confined to a Fort Wayne hospital for a long time, recuperating from his injuries. The formal charges aver that Hoffman’s auto struck a car driven by Martin Reinking of Hoagland, and then a car driven by Mrs. Marie Meyer of Ohio was involved in the crash. Enno Meyer and Frances M. Bricker, occupants of the Ohio car, were fatally hurt,

Stalemate On Balkans, Red Vetoes To UN Marshall Campaigns To Nullify Soviet Russia Veto Power United Nations Hall, Flushing, N. Y„ Sept. 16 — (UP)— The United States laid the Balkans stalemate and two more Soviet vetoes before the 55 United Nations today to prove its claim that the general assembly must step in to guard world peace where the security council has failed. The evidence was tailor-made for secretary of state George C. Marshall’s campaign to nullify Russia’s security council veto power by building the assembly into the major arm of the UN. The two fresh Soviet vetoes — Nos. 19 and 20 — were served up by deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko last night in a losing fight to keep the United Statee from transferring the Greek ease to the assembly. To lay the Balkans case before the assembly and open the way for assembly action to protect Greece from alleged interference by Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, the United Statee in the end had to let the UN's temporary Balkans subcommission go by the boards. Russia, on the other hand, had to use the so-called double vetoe, thereby piling up new ammunition for its opposition on the eve of the explosive campaign by the western powers to arraign the Soviet before the world for "abuse" of the big five veto. The vetoes became inevitable at the outset of the council session, when the United States tried a maneuver aimed at (1) calling on the assembly to take steps to end the Balkans trouble and (2) allowing the Balkans subsidiary group to stay in existence pending the assembly’s action. Unless it could get the council to invite assembly debate of the question, the council would have to drop the ease entirely so that the world parliament — under terms of the charter — could act in the case. Dropping the case meant, however, that the council's Balkans group automatically would die. Deputy American delegate Herschel Johnson had hoped to keep (Turn To Page 7, Column 5)

Discuss Hot Lunch Program In Schools Lack Os Facilities May Halt Program Hot lunches for Decatur school children were given favorable consideration by school officials Monday at a meeting in the offices of the city school superintendent, but the lack of facilities may prevent such a program from becoming a reality. The plan was thoroughly discussed and all possibilities explored by the executive committee of the Lincoln school PTA in a meeting with superintendent Walter J. Krick and principal P. Bryce Thomas. The committee of the PTA, consisting of Mrs. Roy Kai ver, president; Mrs. H. L. Lankenau, vice president; Mrs. Erinan Johnson, secretary, and Mrs. D. Burdette Custer, treasurer, told the school heads of the the desire of many parents for the hot lunch program and the plans of the PTA to aid in carrying it out. Mr. Krick, while approving of the project, pointed out that there are not adequate facilities in either the Lincoln or the junior-senior high school building for preparing and serving food. The domestic science rooms were considered, but these quarters are now overtaxed with the various classes in this course and cannot be used. No room is available in the Lincoln school to serve as a kitchen. Decatur is reportedly one of the few cities of its size in the state without a hot lunch program for studens, but it was stated that unless practical suggestions for housing it are forthcoming, the project may have to be abandoned.

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Lone Survivor Os Air Crash o r ■ • Yf- V :,. f CAPT. CHARLES WAR MACK, sole survivor of an Army B-17 bomber which exploded in the air and crashed into Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of Bush River, is shown at Aberdeen, Md., with his wife and 18-months-old son after he parachuted to safety. Nine others, including two civilians, died in the crash. Capt. Warmack was copilot of the craft.

Large Real Estate Deal Is Completed Studabaker Farms Sale Is Reported The largest real estate deal ever transacted in this county has been closed with the sale of the Studabaker farms, comprising about 740 acres, southeast of the city, to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Stoner of Chicago, formerly of this city. While the sale price was not announced. A. D. Suttles, who represented both the five Studabaker heirs and the purchasers, said that the land was sold at a good figure, based on present market values. Mrs. Stoner, the former Miss Helen Niblick, is a granddaughter of the late Judge David Studabaker, financier and jurist, who died in 1904. The farms and other real estate bequeathed to his only son, the late David E. Studabaker, have been held 1b trust for the latter’s heirs during the past 43 years. Mr. and Mrs. Stoner are now in Belgium visiting the grave of their son, John H. Stoner, who was killed in action with American troops in November, 1944. Arrangements are being made by the parents for the return of the body to this country. Mr. Suttles, who has been manager and agent for the heirs during the past 25 years, did not know if the Stoners intend to move here and reside in one ot the houses on the farms. Recently, Mr. Stoner retired from the (Turn To Page 5. Column 6) 0 Residence Badly Damaged By Fire Rear End Os Home Nearly Destroyed Heavy damage was done about 11:30 o’clock this morning in a fire at the Lloyd Kirchner home, 315 South Eleventh street. Practically the entire rear end of the residence was destroyed in the blaze before firemen were able to bring the flames under control. Two lines of hose were used constantly in the approximate one hour battle by firemen. No estimate was made ot the damage. It was reported that the blaze started from the explosion of an oil heater in the kitchen of the home, firemen stated. City police directed traffic around the scene of the firemen, as many motorists were attracted there. Firemen made a second run ot the they were called to a at 1021 West Adams street about noon. Littje damage was done.

City Bus Service To Open Thursday Representatives of the Browning Bus Line company today announced that the new city bus service will start here Thursday. Two busses will be operated by the company on two routes. The busses will have stops at Second and Madison streets. The busses will be parked at the stops Wednesday afternoon and night for inspection by the public. To Return Stalter Body To This City Parents Apply For Return Os Body The body of Milo Chester Stalter, a former hospital apprentice, first class, in the United States navy, who was killed overseas in 1944, may be one of Adams county’s first war hero dead to be returned here for burial. Elmer Darwachter, chaplain of Limberlost post 6236, Veterans of Foreign Wars, which will conduct military graveside rites here upon the return of the body, said Monday night that members of the dead hero’s family are making early preparations for the return of his body. Stalter, one of three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Dorns A. Stalter, of this city, to serve in the armed forces during World War 11, died in a fall from a truck while serving with the navy in the Hawaiian Islands on March 14, 1944. Parents of the youth, who enlisted in the navy on June 23, 1942 — his 17th birthday—said today that they had made application for the return of his body and are awaiting further word. It is considered likely, chaplain Darwachter said, that the body will be returned here in October, since war dead buried in the Hawaiians are among the first to be brought back for burial. The youth will be buried in the Decatur cemetery. Next of kin of the heroes are given three choices of burial site —at a cemetery in the youths home city, at a national cemetery in the state or in a permanent American cemetery overseas. Chaplain Darwachter said that several other parents of boys, who lost their lives during the last conflict, have contacted him and other VFW officials concerning military burial rites for their son, if they decide upon the return of his body, p Adams post 43, American Legion here, is also expected to conduct military rites for some of the returned dead and assist in returning the bodies. The local Red Cross chapter and the county service officer are known to have beemjeontacted by relatives return of war dead. Service officers of the """(TurnTSl’age 7, Column 6)

Atmosphere Tense Over Diplomatic Strain Os United States, Russia

Ballots Are Printed For City Election Election Will Be Held November 4 Printing of sample and official ballote for the city election to be held in Decatur on Tuesday, November 4, was completed today. The printing was done in the Decatur Democrat company printing shop by O. K. Baker, of the printery staff, and under the supervision of election commissioners Severn H. Schurger and True “Tabby” Andrews. Each of the tickets of the two major parties has one vacancy on the ballot. The Democrats have nd candidate for city clerk-treasurer and the GOP is without a nominee for councilman, third district. Following is a list of the names appearing on the ballot: Mayor: John M. Doan (R) and John B. Stulte (D). Clerk-treasurer: H. Vernon Aurand (R). Councilman, first district: Ray W. Dallner (Rl and - Adrian G. Burke (D). Councilman, second district: Clarence Ziner (R) and Dorphus L. Drum (D). Councilman, third district: Joseph A. Krick (D). Councilman, fourth district: Herman Lankenau (R) and Joseph H. Brennan (D). ! Councilman-at-large: Raymond ■ N. Snyder |R) and Alfred K. Beavers <D>. Named to Board Mr. Andrews' appointment by Judge Earl B. Adams to the board of county election commissioners was made known today. Mr. Andrews is the Republican member and succeeds Judge Adamo, himself, who resigned from the election position after assuming his duties on the circuit court bench. The Democratic member is Mr. Schurger, while county clerk Clyde O. Troutner serves in an exofficio capacity. o Suit Is Filed To End Partnership Receiver Sought To Sell Tourist Cabins Herbert Reidenhach, through his attorney, Ed A. Bosse, today filed suit against Paul Reidenbach in Adams circuit cour.t asking dissolution of a partnership and the appointment of a receiver to sell the “Ten Gable” tourist cabins, north of Decatur. The suit charges that the brothers formed a partnership, with the defendant owning the ground and furnishing money borrowed from the First State Bank; with the plaintiff to devote a great portion of his time to building and overseeing building of the cabins, contending that the plaintiff is skilled in the work. The suit avers the plaintiff spent months in the work. The plaintiff further charges that on September 13 he started to take over the management and care, but that he was stopped by the defendant in violation of the partnership agreement. He asks a receiver be appointed, and that he be directed by- the court to sell the property and grounds and that the proceeds be divided after the payment of debts. Judge Earl B. Adams in court today appointed Rudolph Myers and Wayne Burger as viewers to act (Turn To Pasre 5. Column 6) O Area Rent Director In Decatur Thursday John E. Williams, director of the local rent area control office. Fort Wayne, will be at the Decatur post office Sept. 18, to interview people with problems in regard to rent control. He will be in the office from 9 a.m. to 3 pm. ®

Grain Prices In Sharp Drop On Trade Marls Government Begins Multiple Campaigns To Cut Food Costs By United Press Grain prices dropped sharply at the nation's big trading centers today as the government began multiple campaigns to force prices down and still provide food for a hungry world. At Chicago’s big Union stockyards, however, a new 1947 high of $35.75 a hundred pounds was paid for two loads of prime steers. The National Restaurant Association, meanwhile, reported that many of the nation’s eating places had been forced to strike high quality meat dishes from their menus because so few customers could afford them. The grain decline was touched off by a government request that Ithe Chiqago, Kansas City and Minneapolis grain markets increase their margins to prevent speculation. On the Chicago board of trade, wheat dropped as much as seven cents a bushel from yesterday's closing price. Corn was off 6-% cents a bushel and oats dropped as much as 5-14 cents. Minneapolis wheat dropped 3->4 cents a bushel, with oats off three cents. At Kansas City, wheat declined as much as 2-% cents. At Springfield. 0., housewives planned a mass meeting for tomorrow to organize a fight against rising food prices. The housewives received support from 46 other organizations, including veterans groups, lodges, church organizations and parent-teacher associations. At Boston, the chairman of the Boston chapter of the National Association of Consumers called for an immediate special session of congress to declare “a moratorium on all further price increases.” The chairman, Mrs. Hazel Sagoff, made the proposal before a congressional subcommittee which opened a three-day investigation into the high cost of living. At Decatur, 111., union labor pushed plans for a cooperative retail store to combat the rise in prices. Officials of the CIO United Automobile Workers said the cooperative would be organized at the outset with 50 members. Customers would not be limited to membership in the cooperative, he said. The government attack on prices branched out in all directions. These were the new points of at(Turn To Pag 1 ? 6. Column 7) O 2,554 Are Pupils In Rural Schools Total Enrollment Is One Above 1946 The total enrollment in the rural schools of Adams county for the 1947-48 term officially totals 2,554 it was announced today by Lyman L. Hann. Thia is an increase of one over the 1946-47 figure of 2,553. Enrollment in the seven rural high schools totals 609, broken down as follows: Monmouth. 120 j. Wabash. 105: Monroe, 102: Pleasant Mills. 102; Kirkland. 70; Hartford, 60 and Jefferson, 50. Enrollment in the public grade schools of the county totals 1,702 ••’zi#al Jfcjiat in the parochial grade sWtidfs amounts so 243, for a total grade enrollment of 1.943. e The enrollment figures were released by Mr. Hann principal®ajid teachers had nfeiled in I their respective enrollment reports.

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Brazilian Leader Issues Warning Os Dangers From War Facing The World United Nations Hall, Flushing, N. Y., Sept. 16 —(UP) —The second general assembly of the United Nations opened in a tense atmosphere of diplomatic, strain between Russia and the United r -fates and was immediately warned that it faced the chance between roads to war and peace. Former Brazilian foreign minister Oswaldo Aranha gaveled the crucial meeting to order a lew minutes after upsetting United States plans to support Australia’s tough-talking foreign minister Herbert V. Evatt for the presidency. The Latin American nations revolted against the U. S. and decided to support Aranha anil make a contest of it. Aranha was president of the special assembly on Palestine and will preside until the election this afternoon. The assembly hall was filled to capacity for the first session devoted to Aranha’s opening address and New York Mayor William O'Dwyer's welcome. The Saudi Arabian native robes and white burnooses and the colorful flowing gowns of the Indian wo men delegates gave a touch ot color to the modernistic assem bly hall. Aranha bluntly announced the major concern of every delegate at this meeting — whether the world is to have peace or war — in his address. Without mentioning the feirce diplomatic war between the United States and Russia, he appealed for understanding and reason instead of armed forces in seeking a settlement of tho difficulties between “some” nations. He pleaded with the delegates —many of whom talk about the inevitability of war between ea « and west—to condemn and reject the very thought of war. O’Dwyer told the delegates of 55 nations that those who lived through two wars have a "sense of urgency" about finding a work able solution for peace. He offered his city's cooperation in helping the United Nations make itseJf "a permanent and enduring reality.” The‘first session adjourned at 11:42 a. m., EDT., after a 30minute meeting. The assembly will reconvene at 2:30 p.m.. EDT. to elect officers after a lunch hour period of further lobby caucusing by the supporters of Aranha and Evatt, the chief candidates for president. "The agenda contains a great many items." Aranha sail. “But it narrows down to the question whether the road selected will lead to peace or to strife. “It is here that the world will organize peace or hasten war. “The moment is crucial.” Aranha’s speech foreshadowed tne bitter debates to come between the U. S. and the USSR with both trying to outmaneuver the other. Most delegates, like Aranda, feared that these ses" sions here may intensify rather ehan ease the east versus west split. -Some feared it may hasten formal recognition of two worlds instead of the hoped-for-one. The first east-west row will come this afternoon with election of the assembly's officers. The real fire works will start tomorrow when Secretary of State George C. Marshall. personally leading the U. S. delegation. will deliver a major policy address, setting forth his country’s objectives. Marshall will trv to grab the initiative and continue to keep the Russians on the defensive. Marshall is expected to cite U. S. policy on most of tho maior issues before the assembly. The agenda runs to more than 70 items, but there are only aborts a dozen headliners, even though I ®® they virtually world.