Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1947 — Page 1

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White Russia ■follows Reds' [Attack On U. S. I | Follows Lead From I I Mother State For K I u S. Denunciation Nations Hall. Flushing. ■’" sept. 19 -<UPI- White I nLa following the lead of ite I Xrher state, today duplicated the I & et attack on the United States I „ t "warmonger” and seconded I the Soviet demand that the Ameri- ■,. ' press be denied freedom to ■ incize Russia “on pain of crim■in punishment. ■Byelorussian UN delegate K. V. ■Xi- lev's address to the UN gen■ai assembly was almost a carbon KL- o f the vitriolic denunciation Rw t.he United States made yester■y'by Soviet vice foreign minist- ■ Andrei Y. Vishinsky. ■ other delegates were largely igI jcing the Soviet charges and the ■, viet resolution wnich would ■and the U. S. ae an instigator Bind fomenter of a third world war the Soviet union. The Sovlie proposal was headed forcerK<n overwhelming defeat. The ■ viets went through the routine early today of asking ■ secretary general Trygve Lie t te place it on the assembly’s agen|EThe United States was not withHut its supporters. Argentinas Jose sci ce eloquently defended U. S. ■olii-y in Greece as an effort to I Irevent a world war. If Kiselev bitterly denounced the ■ecent Rio De Janeiro interAmeri■an defense treaty and continua■ion of the Anglo-American joint ■hiefs of staff in Washington as ■igns that the western world is ■reparing a war againgt Russia, if "Who are these nations afraid ■f?" he asked. “It is necessary now ■o' take measures to prevent another holocaust.” If Then duplicating the famous I bhrmse of the British premier NeKille Chamberlain at the time of ■he Munich agreement. Kiselev appealed to the assembly to take ac■iuU against warmongers in order ■o create “peace for our time." H The Soviet proposal to punish ■•warmongers” — especially thoee ■f the U. S. press — was a move Resigned to impose through the H’N on the western world the same Hind of controlled press and restraints on freedom of speech that ■exists in the Soviet union. Denounces Russia I United Nations Hall, Flushing, ■N. Y„ Sept. 19 —(UP)— Argentina's UN delegate Jeee Arce to■day staunchly defended in the Unified Nations general assembly his ■country’s refusal to withdraw its ■ambassador from Franco Spain and ■ sarcastically accused the Soviet ■Union of violating the UN charter ■whenever it serves its own purposles. I Arce, joining the long list of na|tione denouncing the veto and esIpecially its "abuse” by the Soviet I Union, concluded his address to |the UN assembly with a brief anIswer to Soviet delegate Andrei Y. I Vishinsky who castigated ArgenItma in his “warmonger” speech I for failing to fulfill the UN mandate and withdraw its ambassador from Spain. Argentina sent a new ambassador instead. Arce charged that the UN resolution on Spain was a violation of (lurn To Pasre 6, Column 6) O —x_ Rev. Thomas Durkin To Head New Parish The Rev. Thomas Durkin, formerX of this city and pastor of the ■mmaculate Conception Church at • üburn, has been named to succeed he Rev. Frederick J. Westendorf. o organize a new parish in Fort Wayne. The appointment was made by e Most Rev. Bishop John F. Noll or, Wayne. Rev. Westendorf "as recently named director of r „ Catholic high -school in J a - vn e. Father Durkin is a n nil! ? r ’ an d Mrs. Thomas J. rkin of Mercer avenue. WEATHER Generaliy fair ton|ght Satur . inC T cloudiness and raiJ' l^ 6 warrn with occasional w e «*> beß ' nnina extrem ' south«r»H° rtiOn by evenln 9 and over•Preadlng south and centra| ion ' at night. ®

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Butler Woman Killed In Headon Collision Auburn, Ind., Sept. 19 —(UP) — Alma Snyder, 70, Butler, was killed last night when the car in which (She was riding crashed headon into a truck near here. Iler husband, Frank Snyder, 70, driver of the car, and John Korntz, 74, and John Woods, 70, all of Butler, were injured. o Grains, Butter And Egg Prices Drop Sharply Increase Ordered In Margins Causes Sharp Market Drop By United Press The price of grains, butter and eggs dropped sharply on the big Chicago exchanges today, with corn and wheat decreasing the full limit permitted in a day’s trading. Wholesale produce prices had begun what apparently could develop into a definite downward trend, but there still was little evidence that the family grocerybill was on its way down. May wheat futures plunged the full 10-cent limit on the Chicago board of trade, falling to $2.56% per bushel. Corn dropped its eigh-t-cent limit to $2.46. Four days ago it was at an all-time high of $2.65%. July wheat fell the limit to $2.34%, and May oats dropped the six-cent limit to $1.01%. Lard futures also fell the two-cent limit. The declines on the mercantile exchange followed -the announcement by the board of governors of the mercantile exchange that margins would be increased Monday. A drop of 130 to 135 points brought the contract for October eggs down to 54.90 to 54.95 cents a dozen. November eggs closed at 53.40-53.50 cents a dozen, down 1.40-1.45 from yesterday’s high. December eggs were off 1.35 cents, to 53.50 uents. Livestock prices also dropped at the principal midwest trading centers. Cows, which made up a large proportion of the receipts, dropped as much as 50 cents and hog prices were down 25 to 50 cents. Bids on lightweight hogs were $1.5 to $- lower at St. Joseph, Mo. The top prices paid for choice animals ranged from $28.25 to $29. Grain prices on the board of trade continued yesterday's de(Turn ’ rv > Paere 6. Column 5) - Q Mrs. Noble Judge Dies This Morning Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Mrs. Hazel Faye Judge. 56, wife of Noble Judge, died at 12.30 o'clock this morning at her home, three and one-half miles southeast of Wren. 0.. after a year’s illness. She was born in Faulding county, 0.. Sept. 4, 1891, a daughter of Foreman and Nancy Corwin. She was a member of the Church of Christ at Paulding, O. Surviving in addition to the husband are two sons. Corwin and William Judge, at home; five daughters. Mrs. Phyllis Neidemeyer of Columbia City, Mrs. Virginia Sapp and Mrs. Alice Hough, both of Crown Point, and the Misses Bessue and Violet Judge, both at home; two brothers, Harold and Clifford Corwin, both of Paulding: five sisters. Mrs. Nellie Smith of "Paulding, Mrs. Bessie Henry of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Leah Maguire of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Avis Christopher of Jackson, Mich., and Mrs. Merle Gundeiman of Cecil, ,0.. and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Black funeral home, with the Rev. Argo Sudduth of Rockford. 0., officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday. _

Missionary Church To Be Dedicated Sunday

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Pictured above is the new Decatur Missionary church, located at Dayton avenue and Tenth stree which wil be formally dedicated Sunday afternoon. Finishing touches were being put on the buildir when the above photo was taken. The building, of the half-basement type, is constructed with a vie towards an additional story as the church needs warrant. (Photo by Melchi).

William Hollman Convicted By Jury Defer Sentencing Until Next Friday William H. Hoffman, of this city, convicted of reckless homicide in Allen circuit court at Fort Wayne, will be sentenced by Judge William H. Schannen at 10 a.m. next Friday, September 26. A jury of eight men and four Women, which convicted him of the offense late Thursday, fixed his punishment at a fine of J 250 and 180 days at the state penal farm. The jury then recommended that the sentence be suspended, but court officials there declared that the suspension recommendation — as well as another recommending his driver’s license be revoked for two years—is surplusage and is not binding upon the court. Therefore, it was pointed out, Judge Schannen may either impose the entire sentence or suspend all of it. It was pointed out that the bureau of motor vehicles determines the length of the driver's license suspension. The jury deliberated two and three-quarter hours before returning with a verdict, after receiving the case shortly after noon yesterday. The trial required two days. Hoffman was charged with driving his car in a reckless manner, which resulted in a three-car crash just south of Fort Wayne on federal road 27 last March. Two people died as result of injuries sustained in the accident. 0 Democrat Editors In Annual Meeting Oklahoma Governor Headline Speaker Indianapolis, Sept. 19 —’(UP) — Hoosier Democrat editors closed their roll-top desks today and went to French Lick, where they will be the “minority group” at their annual fall outing. Traditionally, the editors attending the two-day meeting of the state Democratic association represent only a fraction of the total attendance. The others are party leaders from every nook and cranny of Indiana, and rank and file Democrats from the same places. A program of social and official association events will be little more than a front for the backstage activity which traditionally highlights the outings. This year, the interest in those extra-curricular sessions will be greater than usual, because: 1. The party is beginning to think hopefully of the 1948 national and state election, only a year away, and the prospects for a winning state ticket that would return Indiana’s statehouse to Democrat control. 2. The party is waging a strong fight to elect Frank Hanley of Muncie on Nov. 4 to the 10th district. congressional seat vacated by the death of a Republican recently. 3. The party is hopeful of wresting the mayors’ offices in many cities on Nov. 4. at the municipal elections from the Repuhlitjans. Page «. Column 7)

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 19, 1947

Suffers Broken Hip In Fall From Haymow Robert Sprunger, 17, of near Decatur, suffered a compound fracture of the left hip yesterday when he fell from a haymow while working in the barn at the residence of his father. Martin. He ie confined to his home. o— Taft Lists Program For Reducing Prices V Blames Truman For High Living Costs San Francisco, Sept. 19. —(UP) — Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., 0., today blamed the Truman administration for the high cost of living and offered his own six-point program for turning prices downward. ( Taiff> program included proposals that “voluntary rationing” be considered, that wage increases be discouraged if they would raise prices, that corporations turn excess profits into lower prices and that prices stabilized 50 to 60 percent above prewar levels. His review of the price situation was made in a speech prepared for delivery before the commonwealth club here, his last California appearance in a western tour to assess his chances for the Republican presidential nomination. Taft, who has been blamed by Democrats for high prices, indicted the administration on several counts, including the charge that President Truman dropped OPA controls too early. “The President’s attempt to blame high prices on the Republicans because they tried to modify OPA, to make it workable and get production, is ludicrous,” he said. Taft listed these points in his progrant for stabilizing prices: 1. It must be recognized, he said, that prices will not return to prewar levels, and the country should w’ork to stabilize wages and prices about 50 to 60 percent above 1939 figures. 2. There should be a further reduction in government spending and federal taxes, Taft said, “and we should have it at once in order to head off the inflationary effect of further increases in wages in the higher brackets.” 3. There should be a reduction in exports of those products which are short in this country, such as corn. 4. “Much can be accomplished by a campaign of education,” Taft said. “There have undoubtedly been some excessive profits, and the President has been right in urging upon those who have such profts a reduction in their prices. 5. “Further wage increases should be discouraged to the ex(Turn to Page 6, Column 6) 0 Says Demobilization Greatest Mistake Chicago, Sept. 19 —(UP) — Demoralization is “the greatest mistake in American history,” according to Brig. Gen. Emmett O’Donnell, Jr., director of public information for the army air forces. He told a meeting of newspaper and magazine publishers and radio representatives last night that only a few days after V-J day this nation could not put single combat squadron into the air.

Morgenthau Reveals Hopkins As Spender First Installment Os Recollections Out Washington. Sept. 19—(UP) — The late Franklin D. Roosevelt received his secretary of treasury in the presidential bath and told him to hustle out and get a new director of the budget before midnight. It was a hot afternoon in August, 1934. That is the way Henry Morgenthau. Jr., begins his recollections of the Roosevelt administration. They will be appearoing from week to week now in Collier’s. Thf first installment is on the newstands today. Morbenthau was secretary of treasury during 12 years of the Roosevelt administration. He’s a pretty good reporter, too. This week Morgenthau reports enough of the inside new deal story between 1934-37 to pop the eyes of persons who were not here during the early new deal years. You almost can’t believe some of it. Morgenthau'reveals the late Harry Hopkins as a padder of relief rolls in election years, a presidential yes-man and the best spender of the lot. Henry A. Wallace is brushed off by his former cabinet colleague as a waster of public funds who was intimidated by the farm organizations. "Wallace’s whole theory of spending in order to reduce agricultural production always seemed nonsense to me,” Morgenthau writes. He said Wallace’s overhead over a period of nine months. to “give away” $516,000,000 was J $130,000,060. “As for Harold L. Ickes, he was so anxious to keep graft and politics out of the public works program that he practically spent (Turn Pnlumn O Fight Over Money Leads To Arrest One Man Involved Pulls Out Os Town An argument over money in which three Mexicans took part in downtown Decatur about midnight last night, resulted in the arrest of one and a hurried trip from the city for another. Amos Granado. 34. Laredo, Texas, is being held in jail on a public intoxication charge, following his arrest by officers Roy Chilcote and Robert Hill. The other two returned to their railroad work camp after being released by police. One of the pair reportedly borrowed $5 and bought a train ticket before leaving the city this morning. "Anyplace—just as far as it will take me in any direction,” he told the ticket clerk at the railroad who asked his destination. He professed fear of personal injury from the fellow worker in custody. Sylvester Bricker, Fort Wnaye, was fined $1 and costs, totalling $9.50, by justice of the peace Floyd B. Hunter late Thursday when he Turn To Pag* $, Column S)

Huge Property Damage, Floods And Casualties Inflicted By Hurricane

To Dedicate Missionary Church Sunday Formal Dedication On New Church On Sunday Afternoon Ceremonies will be held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon formally dedicating the new- Decatur Missionary church, located at Dayton avenue and Tenth street. Announcement of the dedication ceremonies was made today by the Rev. H. J. Welty, recently named pastor of the church. The Rev. J. A. Ringenberg, of Fort Wayne, president of the Missionary church association, will give the dedicatory sermon, and the Rev. and Mrs. Carl Parlee, of Fort Wayne, will be in charge of the music. The public is invited to attend the service. The new church, 36 feet by 60 feet, is of the semi-basement type, and constructed of concrete, with Carl Striker, of this city, the contractor for the building. Mr. Striker will formally turn over the keys to the building to the trustees at Sunday’s service The bui’ding has been constructed with an eye on future additions as the church needs warrant. The congregation plans at a future date to construct a second story, which will l:e of brick veneer. When this addition is built, the roof of the present structure will be the main floor plan. The foundation was made extra heavy to care for future con struction, and all hot and cold air ducts are concealed, to facilitate remodeling work at the lat er date. Organized In 1943 The Decatur Missionary church was organized here in 1943. The Rev. Lyle Steiner, pastor of the church until this summer, is nowlocated at the Missionary church (Turn To Page Column 4 > o Report Is Filed In Wabash Dredge Case Report Approved By Judge Kister Judge Henry B. Kister of Princeton was in Decatur again today in the interests of the famed Wabash dredge case, pending in Adams circuit court for nearly two score years. The judge’s first entry showed that he traveled from Princeton to Decatur and his third entry ehow-ed his return. In the second entry he approved the current report of the commissioner, Homer Teeters. The commissioner’s report was made up of several parts, the first stating that the defendant county commissioners have filed a motion to modify a judgment in the “sidelight” mandamus action and have filed a motion for a new trial. The report relates the death of Judge J. Fred Fruchte and the appointment of Judge Earl B. Adams,to the circuit bench and it declares that until the mandate case is “disposed of there is nothing in the way of progress I can report.” The report was approved byJudge Kister. A claim of $363.20 for services by the late Morton C. Embree. Princeton attorney, was filed by lona S. Embree, as administratrix of the estate of the deceased. The report declares that the hearing on the motion to modify a judgment and the motion for a new trial, filed by the county commissioners, have been set for a hearing on October 8.

New Pastor st , « , i IU, I Rev. H. J. Welty . — China Rejects 11. S. Peace Parley Plan To Join Russia In Conference Refusal New York, Sept. 19 — Dr. Wang Shih-Chieh, foreign minister of China, disclosed today that China will line up with Russia in refusing a United States invitation to an immediate 11-nation Japanese peace conference. Dr. Wang, in an interview, said China must turn down the American plan for the same reason Russia already had rejected it — that the big four veto power was not included. “China, having fought long and ' bitterly with Japan,” Dr. Wang I I said, “could not go into a peace 1 conference without some safeguard 1 that her interests would be pro i tected.” However, the Chinese foreign ' minister said, his government w'ill i attempt to compromise between i the Russian and United States positions by asking that the problem s of the Japanese peace treaty be re- ] I ferred to the 11-nation far eastern , commission w’here the big four ] have a veto. Russia flatly rejected the Amer- , ican plan with the observation that ( only a four power conference of , Russia, Great Britain, China and . the United States could probably , deal with Japanese peace. The American plan, announced (Turn Tn Pag’ 4 ' ft. Culiinin 6) 0 Arrest Three More 1 In Berne Campaign 1 I Continue Drive On Traffic Violators Three more arrests by sheriff ( Herman Bowman in the town of Berne were reported today as that town’s campaign against traffic violators continued Thursday afternoon. The three, like a trio apprehended Wednesday night, were arrested by the sheriff after they failed to stop at the “four-way stop" intersection of federal road 27 and state road 118 in Berne. Hiram Swoveland, Monroe, route one. was arrested for failing to stop as he drove in a northerly direction into the inter- , section. Victor Zaimore, New York City, and Donald Godshall. ' Cincinnati. Ohio, were the others apprehended on a similar count. Each pleaded guilty before ( justice of peace Ernest Stengel ( at Berne and each was fined $1 , and costs, totalling $9.50, upon ( arraignment. , The town council this week , instructed marshal David Dubach to “crack down" on offenders and >asked the aid of Sheriff , Bowman and state polic-eman 'Walter Schindler in conflicting i the campaign against violators-, i

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Devastating Storm Hits New Orleans And Gulf Coast, Heads To Arkansas New Orleans, Sept. 19. — (UP) — A devastating hurricane struok; New Orleans and the gulf coast today, causing huge property damage, floods and casualties. The Reynes negro housing project was largely wiped away here and many buildings downtown were damaged. At 12:30 p.m., EST the center of the storm had moved 20 miles north w-est of New Orleans in the direction of Baton Rouge which already felt high winds. The weather bureau said the storm would carry hurricane winds into southern Arkansas by tonight. A reporter in Biloxi, Miss., said cars were “floating like corks” on the streets near the beach there as the storm whipped huge waves i onto the land. The tide at Biloxi was 15 to 25 feet above normal. All of a string of restaurants and night spots on the beach were reported badly wrecked. In New Orleans a three-block area extending for several miles along shallow lake Pontchartrain was flooded. Many beautiful homes lining the lake were damaged by the water. The Red Cross said water was shoulder deep in some areas. The roof of a three-story health center near the Times-Picayuni building was blown off. Winds up to 120 miles an horn slammed New Orleans, knocking down signs, scattering debris, breaking windows and knocking out communications and power lines. A weather bureau advisory said the powerful storm would hurl overland to the northwest from here and retain its hurricane force for at least 100 miles inland with gales sweeping 200 miles from center. The first injury reported here was a negro, Edgar Joseph. 39, who suffered a lacerated eye when struck in the face by flying glass. A white boy, Richard Norton, 16. suffered a scalp wound. Police said he had been walking by a skatingrink when it collapsed and struck his head. The torrential rains flooded some streets knee deep in the city and to the north of New Orleans a large area was flooded by the overflowing waters of Lake Pontchartrain. The U. S. naval air station near the lake was completely under w-ater. Two thousand persons had been hurriedly evacuated from the lake area just before the full force of the storm struck. Some of the army trucks transporting them were trapped by roads blocked by water. The Red Cross said damage was heavy in residential sections of the city. Police on emergency duty were ordered to report to headquarters every 15 minutes from their stations. They were stationed at every place where people were congregated. As it skirted the half moon shaped gulf coast, the hurricane hammered at Pensacola, Fla., with its sprawling naval base and caused at least two injuries and considerable property damage. Wind that rose to lff2 miles an hour in gusts at Pertsacola broke a number of windows, bowled over trees, and ripped 'Tur»» To Pae'H 6. Colunin 4) 0 Jay Martin Relates Japan Experiences Jay Martin, of near Decatur, presented a highly interesting account of his experiences with the American army of occupation in Japan at th«, weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. Leo Kirsch was chairman of the program. The dub’s official welcome to J. Kenneth Gunther as a new member was extended by W. Guy Brown. Gunther, a chemist for the Central Soya company, then gave a brief outline of bis. life IGhtory. 18