Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1947 — Page 1

yjI(LV. No. 219.

Marshall Proposes Limitation On UN Veto lURRICANE LASHES COAST OF FLORIDA

City To Change Plant Site

Ap Plans For By Plant In I Southeast Area \(oid Resolution Massed Earlier; j Select New Site ' Delatur's new municipal light |% B( j to wer plant will not be located (Kg proposed site in the southesat I section of the city. j The plant will be moved to a I different location, however, city ofI ficials have agreed: j j A Iresolution, adopted by the I coWil two weeks ago, which callI ed lot the appropriation of certain I lands in the southeast section of | pecatur, was rescinded and de- | dared void in official action by the I «>un< during the regular meeting HMiday night. ' Stults, after the action | was taken hy the council, issued a I statement in which he stated that fewj|a'l heard of petitions being cir- » cuSed by citizens protesting j* M»st the proposed new location and declared that he wished to I abid.i by the wishes of local resiI “Now, I recommend that a site I beßecured away outside the city I limits, away from any residential I dirtri i. agreeable to the citizens * of Becatur. Superintendent L. C. I Petibone (of the city light departg mA) has asked engineer J. R. | Ernes (of the engineering firm of I Enfcry, Marker & Emery) to find I such a place and he will report in i « to" days,” the mayor stated. * The proposed location had been I digested by Mr. Pettibone upon I the recommendation of engineer g. ®Bery after a survey of potential | sitds ! Pettibone, speaking during I the council meeting last night. I O ssed the necessity of moving I the plant to a new location and I ,he need of locating it near water I ana railroad facilities. I Cities Savings I ISDue to the vast amount of conwater necessary for the I new 10,000 KWH turbo-generator, jj w n, ical treatment, trucking of || coal and the limited space of the si ®sent site,’’ Mr. Pettibone declar- | ed that engineer Emery had recH Amended that a new site be sell e,i ' wbere Uie plant can be servg ed by both river and railroad sidej track and provide for future exI tension. I ■ The new turbo-generator will I 14,000 gallons of water tSw minute compared to 7,000 now used by the present ’! T nt ’ Mr Pettibone stated. aav ings in dollars per year | ■tbe new unit at a new site on items alone will amount to following,” he stated: E Slaving >n coal (new equipment) X 5513,000. I K TrUcking of c °ai—slo,ooo. | ■Chemical treatment—s2,ooo. f E" Tot al net saving —525,000. I 4 Assures Remonstrator Stults, speaking directly I ‘Valter Lifter, only' one of a IgW of remonstrators in the ■ UtheaSt section t 0 appear before coun cil last night, assured him I eLr • ' aSt n * g bt’s council action KT" Itely haltS any P ro P o3a l of |B° Vlng the p,ant to that vicinity IMPd reiterated his desire of placI I (Turn To Page 7, Column 5) ■■ . —°~ I JP'nk-Wawasee Hotel ;°ld For Seminary S Fort Wayne, Ind., Sent. 17—(UP) ■ Bishop F. Noll of Fort Wayne Ml °? nced today that negotiations e sale of the Spink-Wawasee , at Lake Wawasee to the p ohc church for uee as a sem- ■ Tb sclloo1 ’ had been completed. ||L. ‘ e unconfirmed purchase price Soli ?^ r . ted at ’150.000. Bishop Iff th 'b etters have been mailed Kin X te1 ’ 8 Bt ockholders to obthe,r approval of the sale,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

American Soldiers Defy Slav Demand Refuse To Surrender Patch Os Territory Trieste, Sept. 17 —(UP)— Half a dozen American soldiers stationed at a border outpost north of Trieste defied a Yugoslav demand for a patch of backwoods Italian land today and stood their ground long past the deadline of an ultimatum they received. Three U. S. medium tanks wheeled into position behind the outpoet to support the detachment, and Lt. Harry Konishi, commander of border station, made good his original report to headquarters: “I am holding my ground.” The clash of intentions between the Americans and Yugoslavs was the second ouch touchy encounter during the establishment of the border positions provided by the effective Italian peace treaty. The Americans won a like test yesterday. A Yugoslav detachment ordered the Americans to surrender the 60-yard patch of Italian territory, giving them until noon to give way. Three houns past the deadline, the Yugoslavs still had not advanced. Konishi said the Yugoslavs had given him until noon to back up. An hour before the ultimatum expired. he reported to headquarters: “I. am holding my ground.” An official spokesman announced later that the Yugoslavs had not made any advance at noon, “but we cannot say that the situation has been settled yet." He said that as far as he could see, only a few’ Yugoslavs were facing him across the border at outpost No. 8, but there was an antitank gun in Yugasiav territory about 400 yards away. Konishi said his men had only Browning automatic rifles. The area which the Yugoslavs want i.s about 10 miles north of Trieste and includes only one house and a small patch of ground. British . warships and fighterbombers put on a show of strength in an atmosphere made tense by disagreements between the British and Americans and the Belligerent Yugoslavs. On the surface, the free state of Trieste was calm, but an allied general eaid marshal Tito’s blustering troops, trying to occupy more territory than they were entitled to, had come perilously close to starting a war.

Kenneth Kiser Dies Suddenly Last Night Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Kenneth L. Kiser, 40. of Decatur route 6, a lineman for the city light and power plant, died suddenly at 9:30 o’clock Tuesday night at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been undergoing treatment for a kidney infection for several days when the blood clot developed last night, causing his unexpected death. He was born in Van Wert county, 0., July 20, 1907, a son of Clark W. and Sarah Kiser, and had lived in this community for the past 25 years. Surviving are his wife, Clara; his father; seven children, Mrs. Ralph Landrum of Decatur, and Doyle, Vernon, Norma, Robert, Richard and Phyllis Kiser, all at home; one grandson; two brothers, Sylvester of Decatur and Glenn of Battle Creek, Mich., and one sister, Mrs. John Heine of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 2 afternoon at the Gillig & Doan funeral home, with the Rev. H. J. Welty officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening until time of the services.

U. N. Opens Second General Assembly TsHMk “ JrMr T*-- •. A GENERAL VIEW of the chamber of the United Nations at Flushing. N. Y., as the delegates from 55 member nations to the U. N. General Assembly heard a welcoming address hy Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York, at the opening session.

Threaten To Extend Italy Farm Strike Communist Threat Endangers Italy Rome, Sept. 17— (UP) — The Communists and leftwing socialists threatened today to extend a strike of 1,300,000 farm workers in the north throughout Italy and warned the beleaguered government for the fifth time that the crisis they had provoked might have to be “solved by force.” Premier Alcide De Gasperi, who put the Communists and Socialists out of his government three-and-a-half months ago, ignored the agitation ‘ publicly, although he had taken stock of the forces available for maintaining public order. Government sources said the cabinet was “calm and optimistic” because it believed the real issue was Saturday's scheduled nationwide protest against the government that the leftists had organized. The “day of protest” was a prelude to Tuesday’s parliamentary debate on a motion of no confidence .in the mildly rightist government. The intent of the Communists ■and the leftwing Socialists, who are keeping closed company, and who can call a strike at their pleasure through the general confederation of labor, was to force their way back into the cabinet or overthrow it for a leftist government. De Gasperi, in the worst straits since he put the Communists out of the government tbree-and-a-half months ago, met last night with minister of interior Mario Scelba. They talked about the internal situ) ation and about the men and arms available for quelling trouble. While they would not say what had been decided at the meeting, ministry of interior officials disclosed significantly that the government had about 110,000 trained and equipped “non military” (Turn To Page 7. Column 5) o —— Two Men Indicted On Kidnaping Charge South Bend, Ind., Sept. 17 — (UP) — Two men accueed of kidnaping a 17-year-old newspaper copy boy arid stealing his father’s new automobile today faced federal grand jury indictments. John F. Drake, 25, Jacksonville, Fla., and Earl L. Bowman, 21, Utica. N. Y., were indicted on charges of robbery and kidnaping. Police said they were captured a short time after they left Fred Wegener, South Bend Tribune copy boy, bound along a highway.

Driver Killed As Train Hits Auto Logansport, Ind., Sept. 17 — (UP) — Bert Snyder, 51, Denver, Ind., was killed instantly yesterday when he drove his car into the path of a Pennsylvania passenger train at a Royal Qenter crossing near here. LaGuardia Condition Reported Critical Former New York Mayor In Stupor New York, Sept. 17 —(UP) — Fiorello H. LaGuardia, 64, former mayor of New York City and one of the nations best known public figures, was in crictical condition at his home today. His physician. Dr. George Baehr, said LaGuardia collapsed at his home last night and had “sunk into a deep stupor.” A 10 a.m. bulletin issued by Dr. Baehr said: “Mr. LaGuardia’s condition is essentially unchanged. He remained in a deep sleep throughout the the night. His pulse continues strong, but he has thus far shown no signs of rallying. There appears to be no indication of immediate (Turn To Page 6. Column 4)

Refugees Fleeing Florida's Worst Hurricane Danger Area

Clewiston, Fla., Sept. 17. — (UP) 1 —A seemingly endless trail of refugees clogged the highways I north from here today. 1 They were fleeing the state’s 1 worst danger area when a hurricane hits Florida. | Clewiston, nestled under the | dyke that keeps huge lake Okee- j chobee from spilling over into the ( rich everglades farming lands, had only half its normal 3,000 popula- 1 tion when I came here in the early f morning hours. Hundreds of those remaining here and in Moore Haven, South 1 Bay, Canal Point, Belle Glade, 1 Pohokee, planned to leave on later < relief trains for the higher land of ' the ridge country, north of the 1 lake. Some few may stay. The roads leading here to ’ northern Florida were crammed with automobiles and farm trucks, ! almost, bumper to bumper. They 1 were heading north with entire < families and only a few clothes and < cherished possessions. None of ‘ them knew what would remain of i

Fix Parking Places For City Bus Line Start Operations Here On Thursday A representative of the state highway commission was expected in Decatur late today to mark parking places for the two new city busses, scheduled to begin operations Thursday. A petition presented to the city council Tuesday night asked for stops to be designated on the southwest and northwest corners of Second street at Madison, each to be 50 feet in length. The petition was referred to the state highway commission. The state will furnish markers . and paint for bus stops at locations approved by the commission, city officials said. l The Browning Bus Line company. operators of the city bus line, today announced its routes and times for the two busses to be used here. The routes and times may be found elsewhere in tonight’s edition of the Daily Democrat. WEATHER Fair and somewhat warmer tonight. Thursday increasing cloudiness, windy and warm.

their homes when they return. On every lip was the prayer that the earthen wall would hold back the waters when they are churned by the hurricane's winds. Even the youngsters had tales to tell of the great storm of 1928 that piled the water high, sluiced it over the' farms and hamlets, killed more than 1,800 people. “That included the 1,200 that were never found,” said one bean farmer halted in a traffic jam. In Sebring, in the hills to the northwest, the Red Cross was prepared to care for 3,000 to 5,000 persons, housing them in churches, schools, and the abandoned buildings of the old Hendricks army air field. The relief agency bought up all the groceries in town. “Al least 10,000 are leaving this area in cars, in addition to two relief trains,” said B. Elliott, %ed Cross man in charge of Pahokee, on the eastern side of the lake. “About 750 were on the first train, and a longer train is leaving later.”

Wide Changes In UN Urged By Marshall Admits Failure Os Security Council In Address Today United Nations Hall, Flushing. N. Y., Sept. 17—(UP) —Secretary of State George O. Marshall proposed today a radical overhaul of United Nations machinery, limiting the big power veto, shifting major responsibilities to the 55-nation assembly and confessing the failure of lhe security council. Marshall’s proposals constituted an American challenge to Russia upon whom the U. S. Spokesman placed most —if not all —the blame for the world's chaotic condition. Marshall told the UN general assembly that the United States tow is prepared to accept drastic limitation of the security council veto right. He asked for the creation of a 55-nation standing committee of the UN general assembly to remain in continuous session and take over much of the job originally assigned to the security council. The Marshall proposal would establish a "watch dog” committee of all the United Nations to keep an eye on the world and to step in with recommendations when the security council — as has become its habit —fails to act in a world crisis. Marshall spoke after Mexico’s foreign minister Jaime Torres Bodet charged that the great powers w’ere paralyzing the UN with disagreement and attacked Russia whose “abuse" of the veto, he claimed, “may make peace impossible.” Greeted with vigorous applause at the start and finish of his speech, Marshall hardly had returned to his seat in the spotlighted assembly hall before Polish foreign minister ZfguEit Modzelewski unleashed a thinlyveiled attack on the Marshall plan for Europe’s reconstruction. “I have to state regretfully (Turn 'To Pag:? 7. Cotn nn 6) O

Hoffman Trial Is Now In Second Day Reckless Homicide Trial Is Underway The reckless homicide trial of William Hoffman, 33, Decatur, was scheduled to enter its second day today in the Allen circuit court before Judge WKliam H. Schnannen and a jury of eight men and four women. Prosecutor Alton L. Bloom and his chief deputy. C. A. Lincoln, of Allen county, opened the state's case against the local man yesterday with three witnesses offering testimony. Witnesses called first by the state are: Donald Marks and his son, William. 15, both of Fort Wavne, and state policeman Adolph Frankovic.h. Marks and his son witnessed the three-car accident, which claimed the lives of two Ohio people and critically injured the Decatur resident. Marks testified he was driving 50 miles per hour enroute south on U. S. 27 when Hoffman passed him at a higji rate of speed just prior to the crash last March 22. The state trooper identified pictures that he took at the acci-* dent scene. Penalty for the offense, upon conviction, is contingent upon the finding as a misdemeaner or a felony. Under the former a fine of SIOO to SI,OOO and a jail term of 60 days to six months may be imposed. Under the felony conviction. a penalty of not more than SI,OOO fine and 1- 5 year prison term may be imposed,

Hurricane Winds Roaring Across Southern Florida

Retail Food Prices Spiral Upward Daily Spot Check Shows Buyer Resistance Grows In Nation B UP L L E T IN New York, Sept. 17.—(UP) — Wholesale food prices spurted to the highest level ever recorded during the week ended yesterday, on the basis of Dun & Bradstreets index, that agency announced today. The index of 31 basic foods spurted to $7.12 on September 16 from the previous peak of $7.02 recorded the week before and $5.03 a year earlier. By United Press Retail food prices have spiralled upward in the last two weeks in pace with the new round of record-breaking prices at the nation's big grain and livestock centers, a survey showed today, A spot check of 10 widely-scat-tered cities showed that buyer resistance was developing against butter and eggs, and that volume of retail meat business had dropped still further because housewives were refusing to pay high prices. In New York, the city department of markets took over part of the housewife’s burden. The department, said Mayor William O’Dwyer, will follow the fluctuating food markets and issue daily menus, beginning today. based on the best buys of the day. The survey showed that buffer had increased an average of more than 10 cents a pound. The price of eggs jumped almost eight cents a dozen. Meat prices also advanced sharply. The average price of pork loin climbed 10.5 cents a pound. Ba•on was up seven cents a pound, ground round beef eight cents a.id beef rib rolled nine cents. The meat prices climbed most ,n eastern and far western markets. In Kansas City, Dallas, Denver and other western cities in the heart of the meat-produc-(Turn To Page 7, Column 5) , o Plan City Hearing On Appropriations Hearing October 7 On $4,715 In Funds The city council on October 7 will hold a hearing on additional appropriations totalling $4,715. The appropriations being sought are as follows: Clerk-treasurer’s office, supplies, SSO; police department, contractual service. $lB5 and supplies, $130; fire department, personal service salary for volunteer firemen. SSOO, and contractual service, $550; street and sewer department, personal service salary of regular labor, $2,800. and supplies. $150: insurance. $350. Adoption of a # resolution calling • for the appropriation was voted Tuesday night at the regular meeting of the city council. During the meeting the council referred to the electric light committee a petition for an alley light north of Monroe street between Eleventh and Twelfth streets. An agreement on an electric light line extension between the city and Albert Barnett of Allen county was accepted by the council.

Price Four Cents

East Coast Lashed , By Strong Winds; Residents Housed In Public Shelters West Palm Beach, Fla.. Sept. 17 — (UP) — Violent hurricane winds roared across the fabulous playgrounds of South Florida today, ripping down communications and causing property damage but no reported fatalities. Heavy rains pelted 'a 200-nrile stretch of Florida's east coast from Miami to Titusville. Twelve foot waves surged over beaches. Winds here rose to 121) miles an hour hut residents of this fabulous playground of million aires had battened down their homes and were riding out the storm in public shelters. (At 11 a. m. EST. the weather bureau at New Orleans said all its communications in extreme southern Florida had failed and that no further reports would be available from that area. The bureau said the storm apparently was centered very near the coast a short distance south of Palm Beach with winds of considerably more than 100 miles an hour near the center.) Thousands of persons huddled in public buildings, schools, churches and other safe structures in cities along the coast. An estimated 10,000 others had fled northward by ears and trains from Clewiston and other communities surrounding Lake Okeechobee. A 178-foot-high tower at radio station WJNO here snapped in two with a noise like a pistol shot that could be heard above the whistle of the storm. The tower had been guaranteed to withstand a wind velocity of 125 miles an hour. Many streets and some lowflying buildings were flooded when the winds sent waters of Lake Worth lapping over a sixfoot seawall. The studios of WJNO wore flooded by the waters and the staff evacuated, taking refuge in Good Samaritan hospital, two blocks away after a wild run before the storm. Strong gales of 25 miles an hour with gusts up to 108. lashed Miami and Miami Beach at noon. Water covered the beach at Miami and was over the running boards of cars on Miami Beach’s Collins Avenue, which is adjacent to the ocean front — across the causeway from Miami. The barometer reading at 10' a. m. EST at Miami had fallen to 29 and a “dusty” rain fell intermittently. Few persons ventured out on the streets which were cluttered with palm fronds. Newsmen of the Miami Herald staff slept at the newspaper office last night to make sure they would be able to work today. But officials of the paper were undecided whether pressmen would be able to reach.'the newspaper plant this afternoon in time to print tomorrow's edition ‘of the paper. It also was doubtful whether the paper could be delivered to subscribers. The state's $100,000,000 citrus crop was expected to suffer heavily. All possible precautions had been taken to keep property damage and casualties to a, minimum. The first reported casualty was at Delray Beach Where one man was injured when he stepped on a live power line. As the winds whipped up irt greater force signboards were torn down and shingles ripped off houses. * A United Press correspondent visiting the emergency shelter at the courthouse said it resembled a war-time bomb shelter —with 5,(W0 persons huddled together on (Turn To Page 8, Column 8).