Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1947 — Page 1

xi_V. No. 223.

EUROPEAN NATIONS ASK NEARLY 16 BILLION

Siton lashes lAI Russia For widing World "'■McNeil Denounces Delegate I JBlost Against U. S. Nations Hall. Flushing. Oy sept. 22 (I P) -Great Britop UN delegate Hector accused Soviet Russia to dividing the world and J^K ne d United Nations delegates the November big four meetin London will be the “last of restoring peace. lIK Britain's first major address assembly. McNeil denounc.■ai Soviet delegate Andrei Y. Vis"war mongering” charges the U. S. and Britain as Britain remained cool to HEcretary of state George C. MarKLii's proposals for circumventing Soviet veto in the security I Auncil. withholding endorsement R J the U. S. plan to create a rival ■ permanent assembly committee .1 »r; dismissing suggestions for tryS (ng to change the veto. bluntly admitted that are no longer the same comof nations” who fought the He claimed that Soviet inupon imposing its will upK the majority will not only dethe UN but bring the unBtahie peace crumbling and crashHkg around our heads in a “hideMis” M Accusing the Soviets of thwart- ■ i i and frustrating U. S. and Briefforts to restore peace. Mcsolemnly predicted: ■■ “The November meeting of the of foreign ministers (schedfor London) seems almost .the hope of securing any agreeon Europe." II He was bitterly critical of Visproposal to apply criminal of war mongers—a which would impose rigid control over the prgss. ■it- deplored statements by Arneri■tans that Russia was preparing ■Lr war and was a warmonger. II “But the reply.” he admonished ■Vishinsky. "is not to Imprison any ■lndividual or to suppress American Hor British newspapers. The reply Mis to open the doors of Russia so ■that (other) nations can see what ■is going on.” | I McNeil's long, detailed address ■was among the closing arguments ■ln the general debate which has ■witnessed serious Soviet charges | i (Turn To Page 7, Column 5) K — O —— •

End Daylight Saving lime Here Saturday To Turn Clocks Back Here Saturday Night Decatur and community today began the last week of daylight saving time for this year. Saturday night at midnight all clocks in the city and surrounding area will be turned back one hour as a regular central standard time schedule is observed. Persons who have noted the ea.lier evening darkness resulting from “shorter” days of the fall season will find darkness arriving still an hour sooner. Those who complained of losing e hour s sleep last spring when fast time acll6dlde was adopted *> catch up” Sunday morning "hen the “lost” hour is “found.” Few changes are expected to be oticed by the time switch. Some hanges in bus and train schedules ay be made to accomodate commuting workers. Taverns will be 'used at midnight instead of 1 a . m " since the state liquor laws are based on central standard time. th o „ UrS ordinanc « governing ne tim e switch calls for a return to on , standard time at midnight le las J Saturday in September. — 0— — WEATHER Clear and cooler with dimin- ' , h '" 9 winds tonight. ScatterDpoh nOrth ha,f of statey heavy in northeast*cou„tieß Tuegday f#|r n ' oß ,ome '*'hat higher after00n temperatures.

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Decatur Moose Wins The Decatur Moose team won its way to the finals of the National Softball tourney at Fort Wayne tonight. Scoring two runs in the sixth and four in the seventh the locals defeated St. Cloud, Minn., 6-0. Decatur plays Decatur, HL, tonight at 7:30. 0 Truman Seeks Way To Combat Living Costs Calls Series Os Conferences With High Officials By United Press President Truman called a series of conferences with top officials today to seek ways of fighting the high cost of living, as the threat of frost damage in northern lowa sent corn prices soaring anew. The nation closely watched its big grain and commodity markets, pace setters for prices from farm to dinner tabfe. With the first word of frost from the cornbelt, prices on the Chicago board of trade, the nation's largest grain market, and the Minneapolis and Kansas City exchanges. shot up again, reversing the trend of last week. Mr. Truman scheduled meetings to determine whether to undertake emergency action on both the domestic and foreign fronts without benefit of congress or whether to summon the house and senate into a special fall session. He was to' have separate meetings today w/th secretary of state George C. Marshall to discuss foreign food demands, an important factor in the price structure at home; the cabinet, and his cabinet food committee. The food committee— Marshall, secretary of commerce W. Averell Harriman and secretary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson —met early today, and Anderson said it is “in agreement” on a program. Anderson indicated that no public announcement of the program would be mafe until Mr. Truman has had a chance to go over it. Anderson said, however, that the committee program was aimed at the interlocking problems of high prices at home and a deteriorating situation abroad. At Cleveland, Rep. Walter Huber, D. 0., a member of a congressional sub-committee preparing to open a price investigation tomorrow promised that “it will not be a buck-passing exhibition.” R. K. Bliss of the lowa state college extension service said at Ames. la., that the consumer was to blame for increased food prices. “Consumers bidding against one another in the open food market raised prices,” ge said. “Each and every citizen is to blame.” At Minneapolis and Kansas City, th% nation’s principal basic wheat markets, the price of wheat increased. It was up 3-*4 to 1/5 cents a bushel at Kansas City and 4-% to % cents at Minneapolis.

Mountain Climber Speaks To Decatur High School Pupils C. Findley Bowser, of Warren, 0., an expert mountain climber, presented an unusual and interesting program before the students and faculty members of the Decatur junior-senior high school this morning. In addition to describing the art of mountain climbing and exhibiting various pieces of equipment used in his art, Mr. Bowser showed educational movies of climbing feats. “High Adventure" Js the title of Mr. Bowser’s which features movie shots of mountain majesties as only a mountain climber sees them. The ascent of Mt. Rainier, sliding down a glacier, exploring ice caves, climbing the Grand Teton and other interesting views were included in the movie program. The speaker was introduced by W. Guy Brown, school principal.

' Hurricane Shatters Building THE RAGING WINDS of the hurricane which hit New Orleans struck a parking lot building with suclt force that they tore the roof oft' and caved in the brick walls. The collapsed building tumbled among the cars in the lot.

Hoover Says World Food Outlook Grim Ex-President Urges Americans Eat Less New York. Sept. 22. —(UP) — Former president Herbert Hoover said last night that the world food outlook for the next year*was as grim as it was in 1945 and he urged Americans to eat less to save Europe from mass starvation. Mr. Hoover said there was a shortage of approximately 28,000,000 tons of feed grains this year. This, he said, would result in less feed grains for human consumption and less meat for export. Mr. Hoover and Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, former head of the American military government in Germany, spoke at a rallj' held in Madison Square Garden held to provide funds for German relief. McNarney warned that democracy was on trial before the world and “it may well be that if democracy"' fails in Germany, we will no longer have democracy here at home." Mr. Hoover outlined a four-point program to feed the starving peoples of the world. First, he urged American farmers to give preference to feeding humans, not animals. Farmers, he said, must resist a tendency to feed wheat to animals because of a scarcity of coarse grains. Second, he advocated a voluntary reduction of food consumption and curbs against waste by processors. The third point in his program advocated full cooperation by surplus countries and drastic control of distribution to eliminate the black market in deficit countries. (Turn To Pagv- 7. Column 7) O Three Accidents Are Reported By Police Three Minor Wrecks Here Over Weekend Three weekend accidents were reported this morning by officer Adrian Coffee from the city police blotter. Cars driven by Mary Gage, 18, and Roy Kocher. 38, both of Decatur, collided Saturday at 7:25 p.m. at the intersection of Monroe and Seventh streets. Damage was estimated at sso’ by the investigating officer, James Borders. Cars driven by Duane Harmon, of Monroe, and Andrew Bietler, Decatur, collided at Adams and Thirteenth streets at 9 p.m. Sunday when the latter slowed his vehicle to turn into a service station off Thirteenth street. Damage was estimated at $45 when cars driven by Dan Everett, near Decatur, and Jack Cathrell, 26, Fort Wayne, were involved in a wreck in the 600 block of South Thirteenth street about 6 p.m. Sunday. * Officer Borders, who investigated. learned that the crash occurred when Everett started to make a left turn off Thirteenth street and the other car crashed into the rear of his auto.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 22, 1947

Large Crowd Attends Church Men's Congress Approximately 400 men from Evangelical and Reformed churches throughout this area attended the annual meeting of the men’s congress of the churches held Sunday at the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church in Magley. Numerous church notables appeared ors the speaking program. 0 State Tax Board Holds Hearings Additional Money Asked By Townships Additional appropriations, totalling $40,792, and sougnt by the 12 townships of Adanw county were scanned today by a representative of the state board of tax commissioner. Charles Lea veil, of the board, along with the respective township trustees and auditor Thurman 1. Drew, today held hearings on each of the appropriations. Additional moneys needed for school funds, tuition, i>oor relief, etc., are included in the various appropriations. / The amount asked by each township follows: Union. $2,812; Blue Creek. $1,811; Kirkland. $2,707: Washington. $3.588; Wabash, $7,064; Root, $5,775; Preble, $1,963; Hartford $2,731; St. Mary's. $5,881; Monroe, $2,900: Jefferson, $2,700; French. SB6O. o _____ Mrs. Mary E. Wall Is Taken By Death Mrs. Mary Esther Wall, 60, died at her home four and one- half miles east and two and one-half miles south of Berne Saturday afternoon at 1.25 o’clock. She had been bedfast since May. The deceased was born in Missankee County. Michigan. Sept. 1, 1887, the daughter of the late George and Elenora Willison Harrison. Her marriage to Hiram C. Wall took place at Cadillac, Michigan, August 23, 1914. She is survived by her husband, two eons, Virgil B. Harrison, Quincy, Mich., Boyce E. Wall, Bryant; one daughter. Mrs. Cleo Augsburger, near Berne: two brothers, John and Clayton Harrison, both of Manton, Mich., three grandchildren and five stepchildren. Mrs. Wall was a member of the Mt. Carmel church southeast of Berne, where funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. Yoh officiting. Burial will be in the Alberson cemetery west of Linn Grove. The body was removed from the Yager mortuary to the home Monday forenoon. o Mrs. James Westveld Taken From Hospital Word was received here today that Mrs. James Westveld, Grand Rapids, Mich., formerly of Decatur, who has been seriously ill for several weeks in a Grand Rapid- hospital, had shown some improvement and was returned to her home Sunday. However, Mrs. Westveld's condition is still regarded as aerious.

Schricker Boom Is Destined For Snags Strong Forces Set To Block Campaign Indianapolis, Sept. 22 —(UP) — Many Democrats believed today tM Sdhricker-for-governor boom that developed over the week-end at the French Lick convention of the Indiana Democratic editorial" association was destined to strike snags during the months ahead. An all-out drive to gain support for former Gov. Henry F. Schricker was waged during the two day meeting. But those backing him for another term conceded that, not only would it be hard to elect him if he were nominated, but also it would be a big job to nominate him in the first place. Despite popular approval of Schricker’s non-committed candidacy, there were strong forces obviously determined to block the campaign and nominate someone else. The faction that failed to rally around the Schricker bandwagon was headed by Pleas E. Greenlee. Democratic state chairman. Party observers knew that, despite rumblings of discontent over Greenlee’s administration among the Schricker backers who couldn’t conceive of him directing a campaign with the ex-governor heading the state ticket, it wasn’t easy to defeat the faction already apparently firmly entrenched in the state organization. So seasoned politicos figured the Schricker issue might not be settled before the primary next Turn To Page 2. Column 1) 0 Sudden Cool Snap Hits Here Sunday Heavy Rainfall Hits Sunday Afternoon Decaturites who have been fretting about the hot weather for many weeks, today cheerfully dug out sweaters and jackets to combat the cooler weather which struck suddenly Sunday afternoon. Preceded by a surprisingly sharp drop in the temperatures, a dashing rain fell upon the city for nearly five hours late Sunday. Herman Meyer, local precipitation observer, reported today that yesterday’s rainfall amounted to nearly one and one-quarter inches. The exact reading was 1.24 inches. The mercury in Decatur thermometers. hovering around the 85 mark Sunday afternoon, suddenly started tumbling just before the rain, and within an hour had slipped some 20 or more degrees. A chilly wind was greatly responsible for shoving the mercury down, aided by the precipitation. Chicago weather observers on Saturday predicted that tail winds from the Florida and Louisiana hurricane would be felt in this 1 area about Sunday and t£eir predictions apparently (Jvere out. Temperatures in Decatur this, morning were unofficially reported! in the neighborhood of 65 degrees.

War-Staggered Countries Lists Their Needs Under Aid Plan Os Marshall

Heart Attack Fatal To Vaughn Millikan School Teacher Dies Saturday Afternoon Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Poneto Methodist church in Wells county for Chester Vaughn Millikan, 61, Decatur junior-sen-ior high school teacher, who died suddenly Saturday afternoon at Berne. Dr. M. O. Lester, pastor of the First Methodist church here, of which the deceased was a member. will officiate and burial will be in the Grove cemetery near Poneto. Mr. Millikan, teacher of commercial subjects and mathematics at the Decatur school for the past 12 years, had been employed for many years during the summer months and on Saturday during school terms as bookkeeper and accountant at the Main Street garage in Bernej He was working there Saturday when he was suddenly stricken with a heart attack and died a few minutes later.at 4:45 p. m. Mr. Millikan had been following the teaching profession for 27 years. Before coming to Decatur junior-senior high school in September. 1936, lie taught in Wells and Fayette counties, ala business college in a southern state, was principal of Geneva ind Kirkland high schools and taught at the Berne high school. He was born August 6. 1886 at New Castle, the sou of Myles and Ida Mae Shively-Millikan. He was married to Cora Schug of Berne on May 21. 1914. She preceded him in death in November, 1945. The only near survivor is £ sister, Mrs. J. E. Leist of Keystone. Mr. Millikan resided at the Rice hotel here since the death of his wife and had lived in Decatur since he asumed the local teaching position. The body was taken to the Yager funeral home, then to the Thoma funeral home at Bluffton. It may be viewed at the Leist home, three miles south and onehalf mile west of Poneto until time for the services. Classes at the Decatur juniorsenior high school will be dismissed Tuesday at noon to permit students and faculty members to attend funeral services. Pallbearers are to be chosen from the faculty members. o

Local Lady's Mother Dies At Bluffton Mrs. Mary Beyer. 72, widow of George Beyer, died Saturday afternoon at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton. Survivors include two daughters. Mrs. Bessie Hahn of Decatur and Mrs. Emma/Rich of Huntington; five grandchildren, one greatgrandchild and two brothers. Funeral services will be held at 2 p in. at the Jahn funcal home in Bluffton, with the Rev. Matthew Worthman officiating. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery at Bluffton. Frost Is Expected In Extreme North Indianapolis, Sept. 22 —(UP) — The season’s first frosts were expected in the extreme north portion of Indiana today as fall temperatures came on the heels of heavy rains and windstorms. The weather bureau forecast scattered light frost for tonight. High , winds brought cool weather that sent the temperatures down throughout the -state in the wake of a soaking rain that seemed to miss no portion of the state. The weather bureau said it had reports of "more than an inch" of i precipitation in nearly every burI eau from which it receives daily , statistics.

New Tropical Storm Heading Toward Florida Strong Gales Move North, Gulf Coast Cleans Wreckage , • Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 22 —(UP) —Strong gales swirling about a new tropical storm moved northward toward Florida today as the stricken Mississippi gulf coast cleaned up from last week’s hurricane which left between 50 and 75 dead, hundreds missing and thousands homeless. Strongest winds in the new disturbance were reported by the weather buran at 50 to 60 miles an hour in squalls. Southeast storm warnings were ordered at 10:15 a. m., north from Palm Beach to Fernandina to Cape Hatteras. N. C.. were warned to stay in port tonight and tomorrow. Center of the storm was located at 10:15 a. tn., about 20 miles west of Dry Tortugas, moving northward toward Florida al IS miles an hour. Il said the center would reach the Florida coast in the Fort Myers-Tfunpa area early tonight and cross into tße Atlantic by morning near .Jacksonville. The storm may increase after passing into the Atlantic, the advisory added. The new threat found weary rescut workers and labor crews toiling along the Mississippi and Louisiana coastal areas to get an accurate count of the dead and missing and clean up the debris left by the last storm. A 50-mile stretch of coast along the old Spanish trail between Biloxi and Waveland. Miss., took the hurricane’s most powerful punch. A 22-foot wind-borne wave engulfed the little town of Bay St. Louis, according to eyewitnesses. Damage to the community of 5,000 was estimated at $7,000,000 —as much as at New Orleans which is the south’s largest metropolis. Authorities placed overall damage figures in excess of SIOO,OOO - 000 but the adding up of property losses was still secondary to the continuing effort to assess the cot in human lives. Records produced a .constantly (Turn Tn Pw 2. Column 5)

Central Soya Co., Union Sign Pad Agreement Reached For New Contract Max Schafer, director of labor relations for the company, announced today that an agreement has been reached between the Central Soya Company, Inc., and Local 44 of the Food, Tobacco. Agricultural and Allied Workers of America, (CIO), on a new wage contract, effective from last July 1 to June 30, 1948. Retroactive pay from July 1 will be paid this week to all employes covered by the agreement, Mr. Schafer said. The agreement on a new contract continues the friendly relations that have existed between the local company and the union during the past six years. The company, one of the largest soybean processors in the country, employs approximately 500 persons in the local plant. Other company plants are located at Harrisburg, Marion, 0., and Gibson City, HI. The Decatur plant was established in 1934 by D W. McMillen of Fort Wayne

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22 Billion Is Needed In All To Get On Feet In Next 4 Years Paris, Sept. 22—(UP)—Sixteen war-staggered nations of western Europe outside the Soviet sphere asked the United States today for $15,810,000,000 under the $22,440,000,000 Marshall aid plan and sketched their own program of economic recovery by Ihe end of 1951. Banded together as the European economic cooperation committee, the 16 countries presented their blueprint of needs and resources as requested by secret tary of state George C. Marshall. They estimated they would need a total of $22,440,000,000 to get on their feet in the next foiVr years. Os that sum. they figured on $5,970,000,000 from other countries than the United States in the western hemisphere. The remaining $666,000,000 presumably would be supplied out of their own resources. The committee issued an official summary of the chunky twoeolume report on how non-com-munist Europe proposed to fight its way back to pre-war stand ards by the end of 1951. The re port was the fruit of two months and 10 days of intense work by the committee meeting in the Grand Palais in Paris. It was released in Washington and lit European capitals at the same time. The final session of the conference which drew the first clearly defined line between the east and the west was held in the state dining room of the French foreign office. Foreign secretary Ernest Bevin of Great Britain presided. On hand for the signing of the historic document were Herve Alphand, economic director of the French foreign ministry: Prime Minister Enmon De Valera of Eire; Baron Van Oosterhout, Dutch foreign minister: and Count Carlo Sforza, Italian foreign minister. Russia and her eastern Euro (Tunrn To Page 2, Column 2)

Damages Awarded In Circuit Court Girl Awarded $lB6 For Farm Injuries Judge Earl B. Adams in circuit court here Saturday awarded Beulah Bertsch damages in the sum of $lB6 in her suit for damages against Ezra Kaehr. The young girl had asked for that sum in a suit brought by William Bertsch, as her next friend, for injuries she allegedly sustained while in the employ of the defendant. Her suit averred that she lost the index finger of her right hand when it was caught in a tomato planter on which she was riding. The suit charged negligence on the part of the defendant in not warning the girl and keeping the gears of the machine covered. Judge Adams also awarded Myron Lehman a divorce from Frieda Lehman and gave him the custody of two children, aged 17 and 15. until further order of the court. The suit was not contested. In the suit of Jacob Meyer against Irvin Wagner, the court found for the plaintiff, giving him immediate possession of the real estate and SIOO damages. 0 0 | New Story Starts | “Orchids For Mother,” an j interesting modern day story I | by Peggy Dern, well-known 1 | authoress, will start Tuesday, j | September 23, in the Daily j | Democrat. Be sure to get | | started on the very first in- | stallment of this interesting , serial. ’ | o :—«