Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1947 — Page 1

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Ighnity Fund 1K Io Open Ik Oct. 27 *1.360 Budget Is ■bhshed Here w ®Annua! Drive Ssst ■ * Community Fund, <’ or a ? 11 ' :,6(r over ‘ all all youth activ- ' I Tw and Girl Scout programs will be launched durI of October 271 Carl C ' ' |W3L, President of the fund I announced tof " Harold Grant, local merchant, been actively identified I with ®i'- undertakings during the atl, Knt fr y® ars ' will head the cam ’ -J naieilre<lici lation will be confined W to f®t>ry and industrial, plants. professional offices. A kick-off dinner for the workers ► Wil! belheld Friday evening, Octo- | hnr 24 Iwr. Grant announced. CapI tainsifcd lieutenants to head the * solieOs teams in the indu9trlal a^B ,ne9S sections wlll be nanv L the chairman said, th and® l receive their cards at the F which probably will take / twjfc of a flsb fry ’ * Baker of the personnel depaSient at the General Electric CnmJhy. has been named chairman Os publicity for the drive. Ire will be furnished the s and team members will ainted with the functions Community Fund before irt the canvass for donaudget is built around local of youth activities and the ion of frequent campaigns s for other worthy causes, te community has the dempport. ®King the list is an appropriatitwK $2,200 for the youth canteen I programs conduct- | tfflthe Hen. This amount is S4OO •I un&nthe expenditures for the flsI cal §a" ending September 30. j For he Boy Scouts and Cubs, 11 $1,668 has been allocated to the Il tro ®' Tbe Girl Scouts and Brownfl iesitiH receive SI,OOO. | For recreational programs and I proßing suitable playgrounds, I the Budget committee allocated I i 1,5«. which will be expended by I Walter J. Krick and his committee I on the projects approved by the JJjMbers. J usua! has been set U P I forth Salvation Army. Since the | Coqjnmity Fund was established | live>ears ago. the community has I SBed this amount to this charit- | ablßorganlzatlon. I Slew agency has been approved I by Be Community Fund directors. I It 11 the Adams county cancer soI ciety. which is affiliated with the I national and state organisations. H The fund appropriates sl,ooo' for I this agency, S4OO of which will be i used locally. | ■rman Krueckeberg, treasurer |of fund, has set up a contingI ency of $2,500 and SSOO for operatI ing {expenses, making the budget I W Ju ’ 36o - I Albig factor in raising the money I is the generous support given by f I Mfery workers in the city, I payroll deductions spread I ®V»r a 12-month period. The ! "B'hage in pledges has been very ■ Mr. Krueckeberg stated. I airman Grant hopes to com- ; jß® the drive within a week and i as ’ z °d that solicitation would on morning of October ! the factories and up-town I ”Wlct- ' —o—_ Congressman Gillie Wdergoes Operation rJW'Wressman George W. Gillie patient at the Lutheran hospiFort Wayne, following a ma- ■ °peration performed last Satc®y "fa S con( thion Is reported as ?°od.” He will he a patient . e hospital for at least two it was stated. . - o Weal Lady's Father ■es In Van Wert services were held this at Va n Wert, 0., for ♦ * er ’ hnown resident ■ at city, who died suddenly Sat- ■ a >' of a heart ailment. deceased was the father of K" Roman Raudenbush, of this W Burial was made in Van Wert. I c . WEATHER ■u,. air toni ’ ht «nd Wednesday. T* „ rm * r nßrth «nd eentral por®lon‘ tonight.

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Harriman Assails Vishinsky Charges Says Warmongering Charges Are Absurd Chicago, Oct. 14—(UP)—Secretary of commerce W. Averell Harriman charged today that Russian • leaders through their controlled • press are resorting to a deliberate hate-and-fear campaign to further the Communist goal of engulfing ■ the world. Branding as an “absurdity” the recent attack on the American press by Soviet vice foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky, Harriman said “the Soviet press—as an instrument of public policy—has systematically been arousing hatreds and fear for the past two years.” In an address before the Inland Daily Press association, Harriman declared that current Russian policies are motivated by Nikolai Lenin’s statement that "as soon as we are strong enough to defeat capitalism as a whole we shall immediately take it by the scruff of the neck.” “This conviction is basic to their philosophy,” said Harriman who served as U. S. ambassador to Moscow during the last two years of World War 11. “Their tactic is to take the initiative by making numerous and (violent however little they can be backed up with evidence, in order to put the targets of their attack on the defensive,” he said. Harriman said the recent Warsaw Manifesto, proclaiming the revival of the Comintern, is in accord with the latest shift in Communistic party strategy—“to pull out the last stop in criticizing us.” “The formation of this new Communist organization at this moment,” he said, “is probably the outgrowth of a fear that their aggressive program for taking over Europe will be forestalled by plans for European reconstruction based on the Marshall proposals.” Soviet attacks on the Marshall plan, he said, are "proof of . . . their flagrant disregard for the needs of the people in western Europe.” . The cabinet officer said the overwhelming desire of Americans tor Turn Tn Paffp 2. Column 7) O. Legion To Observe Navy Day Oct. 27 Special Program Is Planned For Event Plans for the observance of Navy Day at the American Legion home here, October 27, were made Monday night in a meeting of post 43. A special program will be presented that night at the Legion, commemorating the event. A luncheon and refreshments xvill be served following the meeting. Members of the post naval affairs committee, in charge of the celebration, are: H. V. Aurand, Don Cochran, L. V. Baker. Myles F. Parrish, Robert Ashbaucher, Charles Hite and Bob Shraluka. Members of the food committee for that night are: Arthur Schamerloh, Lawrence Woodruff, Clarence Stevens, Guy Allen and Eugene Mitch. The Legion post last night approved a motion to furnish the orchestra and the hall for the annual Thanksgiving and Christmas Day dances for teen-agers. Lawrence Rash, chairman of the membership committee, reported 727 members signed for the year 1948 and James K. Staley, fourth district commander, spoke briefly concerning the current membership drive. All Legionnaires have been asked to meet at the Legion home at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, from where they will go in a body to the Moose lodge to participate in ceremonies honoring the national champion softball team. 0 Ex-Senator Watson Is Critically ill Washington. Oct. 14 —(UP) Former Sen. James E. Watson. R , Ind., was reported critically ill today at Garfield hospital. Watson, nearly 84. was admitted to the hospital Sunday afternoon. Hospital attendants said he passed “a restlees night” and his doctor aid “he’s a pretty sick man.” Watson, born in Winchester, Ind., Nov. 2, 1863, was a member of the house in the 54th and the 56th congresses. He served in the senate from 1916 to 1933. He was senate Republican leader from 1929 to 1933.

Flying Boat In Forced Landing In N. Atlantic Plane With 69 On Board Lands Near Coast Guard Ship New York, Oct. 14.—(UP)—A flying boat with 69 persons aboard made a forced landing in the North Atlantic today, taxied three miles to a coast guard weather ship and was riding out a rough sea and gale winds which made transfer of the passengers to the ship impossible, the coast guard reported here. The coast guard said messages received from the scene indicated the flying boat, believed to be a charter flight of the American International Airways, was undamaged in its sea landing and was “riding well” on the stormy seas 820 miles east of Newfoundland. The Norwegian-American liner S. S. Stavangerfjord, which was about 150 miles west of the point at which the big plane was down, reported to the coast guard that the seas were 25 to 35 feet high. At Shannon, Eire, British air officials said the plane was a giant Boeing flying boat which had taken off from Poole, England, Sunday, spent the night at Foynes, Eire, and taken off for the United States yesterday. Indications were that the plane had exhausted its gasoline supply bucking head winds and had been forced to land on the sea by lack of fuel. British Overseas Airways corporation officials said six of the passengers were Americans. The remainder of them were British, it was said, including some immigrants and some minor United Nations officials. The plane was said to carry 62 passengers and seven crew members. Conflicting reports from Moncton, New Brunswick, said the plane was a giant Martin flying boat. The coast guard reported that because of high seas it was unable to assist the downed plane by air and that a PBY flying boat sent from Argentia, Nfld., had been recalled. “Hull undamaged in landing,” the terse message to the coast guard said. “Plane will abandon ship in life rafts when sea moderates or if the hull takes water.” A later message reported the plane “afloat in winds of gale force. Rough choppy sea. Small boat unable to come alongside of plane. Hull is tight. Passengers still on board. Plane riding well.” The coast guard identified the plane as the NC-18612. The civil aeronautics administration said that number was listed for a Boeing 314 flying boat, the type which was for many years the major carrier of overseas flights. 0 City's Newest Well Soon In Operation Adequate Supplies Os Water For City The city’s newest well will be in operation soon, Ralph E. Roop, city engineer and water superintendent stated today. All work on the well, located northeast of the east bridge over the St. Mary's river, has been completed and it will be placed in operation upon arrival of the pump motor. Mr. Roop said that the addition of the new well will insure adequate water facilities, despite any unprecedented demand that may arise. The city has been pumping its largest volume of water in any one year, he said. Yet it was not necessary to ask residents to conserve water by shutting off sprinklers, etc, last summer. Several times during the hot weather, pumpage soared above the one million gallon mark, records in the city water offices show. The addition of the new well will bring the total available to seven, Mr. Roop stated. The city has been using the two south end wells, both equipped with iron removal plants, most of the time during the nights, he said. However, at certain times during the day the demand had forced the use of another well, which does not have iron removal equipment. Officials are planning for the installation of iron removal equipment on all wells, as soon as is possible. •

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 14, 1947

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IN NEW YORK, two Boy Scouts and a patriotic street cleaner join as spectators as 50,000 persons representing various walks of life march under banner of "Americans All” in the annual Columbus day parade, 445th anniversary of discovery of America.

Present Porter Home Deed To State Today State Officials At Geneva Presentation More than 75 Adams county people and prominent state officials gathered at Geneva today and were dinner guests prior to the official presentation of the deed of the Gene Stratton Porter home to the conservation department. The Porter property and the adjoining land south of Geneva in Adams and Jay counties become the property of the state and will be known as the Limherlost state memorial. More than 2,000 people have visited the famous house in the last few weeks, since it was purchased for the state. Lieutenant Governor Richard James accepted the deed on behalf of the state and top officials of the state conservation department also were on hand. All of the guests were taken in school buses through the adjoining land and the Geneva committee which has raised the money for the purchase was busy explaining the detailed plans for the completed project. Representative Robert Heller. C. C. Pumphrey, Richard Pruden, Rudy Meyers and Charles Knapp of Decatur were among the honored guests at Geneva. These-local men assisted the Geneva committee in raising the money and making the plans for the state memorial. State Senators Von Eichhorn of Bluffton and Carl Smith of Portland also were in the party today. The Porter home is now open to the public and descriptive circulars, printed by the state conservation department, are given to all who make the journey to Geneva to visit the memorial. Plans call for the immediate construction of the bird sanctuary and then the construction of the lake in (Turn To Page 2. Column 7) 0 Defies Court Order To Attend School - Hearing Saturday In Juvenile Court A young Adams county lad. who purportedly has failed to comply with a court order directing him to attend school, will appear Saturday in juvenile court before Judge Eatrl B. Adams. An information of indirect contempt of court has been filed against him by prosecutor Myles F. Parrish, and signed by Melvin Mallonee, county attendance officer. The information states that the lad has been found guilty of truancy and ordered to attend school by the court, but that he has failed to comply with the order. The prosecutor has filed a rule to show cause in the ca«e and the lad, a member of the Amish faith, will appear in juvenile court to show good cause or be subject to contempt proceedings. AU action in the case ie in juvenile epurt, thus prohibiting pubthe boy’s name.

Indianapolis Man Is Killed In Accident Indianapolis, Oct. 14 —(UP) — Last rites were arranged today for Edward Hall, 58-year-old Indianapolis furniture dealer, killed in a truck-auto collision on Indianapolis' northside yesterday. The driver of the truck, Elzie Jaggers, 29, Indianapolis, suffered a head injury. o— Floods Menace To Health In Florida Threat Os Disease Follows Hurricane Miami, Fla., Oct. 14 —(UP) — South Florida’s mounting hurricane repair bill kept going up today as rising flood waters provided a serious health menace to this winter resort section. Water covering at least a dozen cities and thousands of acres of rich farmlands wrought increasing damage to crops and homes that was estimated in ever-rising figures up to $40,000,000 for the most recent hurricane alone. And with the swirling, soaking waters came the threat of quickspreading disease as the floods overflowed septic tanks and children waded in the polluted water. State health officials warned against a typhoid epidemic in the flooded area and Dade county heatlh officer E. T. Cato said he was getting an emergency supply of anti-typhoid vaccine sufficient for 25.000 injections. More than 5,000 homes were left surrounded by waters brought on by Sunday’s small but lipping hurricane, and the coast guard prepared to make an aerial survey today to find out how many more stranded families need help. Coast guard officers said in some places it would be necessary to drop messages from olanes asking for signals. The Red Cross, calling the floods the “worst in Florida history,” upped its flood relief allocation from $1,000,000 to $2,125.000. Broward county officials in Ft. Lauderdale scheduled a meeting for today with U. S. senator Psessard Holland to ask for increased federal aid. U. S. district geologist Gerald C. Parker said the flood waters around Lake Okeechobee were still rising and that smaller drainage canal levees in the Everglades areas w T ere still in danger. A thousand persons were still jammed into Red Cross shelters, their home inundated, and hundreds more were with friends and accepting the offer of Miami Beach hotel owners of free rooms during the emergency. o Rotary's District Governor At Berne Berne Ind Oct. 14 —W. McK. White, of Elkhart, governor of the 154th district of Rotarv International. visited the Berne Rotary club last evening and made a short address. He also met with officers of the local club, of which S. Lehman l« president W

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Housing Authority Charged With Fraud Michigan Senator Makes Fraud Charge Washington. Oct. 14—(UP) — Sen. Homer Ferguson, R.. Mich., today accused the federal public housing authority of “fraud” in its past financial practices. Ferguson accused the agency’s Atlanta. Ga., office of deliberately recording a fictitious payment of office expenses in order to deceive congress as to the amount of money it had spent. His charges were made at a senate subcommittee hearing on charges of improper accounting practices hv the FPHA. The hearing is being conducted by a subcommittee of the senate committee on expenditures of executive departments. Stephen B. Ives, director of the corporation audits division of the general accounting office, was explaining to the senators results of a survey of FPHA records for 1945 and 1946. The survey was made for the GAO by Price, Waterhouse & Co., independent public accountants. He said the accounting firm found that records in the FPHA Atlanta office indicated that, “at least one fictitious account payable was recorded . . by charge to expense in the amount of $26,250 for painting and decorating in respect of a nonexistent committment.” The accounting firm said the entry apparently was made so that the funds could be kept and used the next year. The firm said this practice "appears to be an evasion, if not a violation, of tlm law ...” Ferguson interrupted to ask I whether thev did not constitute i a fraud. “It might he: that’s a strong word.” Ives said. “I don’t like the word ‘fraud’.” “It’s a fraud.” Ferguson rejoined. "It was an effort to deceive congress. They wanted their books to show the money had been spent when if hadn't, so thev could come up at the next session and show the need for more money.” Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. R. Wls.. wanted to know whether CTnrn Tn Phg > " 7. 7> o Plan Inspection Os School Buses Here Some Buses Likely To Be Condemned A possibility was seen today that a number of school buses in various townships of Adams county may be condemned at the forthcoming annual inspection. A recent state ruling declared that all buses built prior to 1938 will be condemned and it is known that there are a number of older vintage being operated in the county. It was indicated, however, that some local trustees may follow patterns set in other parts of the state and not abide by the ruling. Many of the beds, especially those constructed of steel, are in good shape, it was pointed out. It was also cited that the purchases of new buses would work an unnecessary financial hardship in some townships. Lyman L. Hann, county school superintendent, said today that inspection of school buses will be conducted here on October 20 and 21. The following times have been set: October 20 —Monmouth, 8 a.m.: Decatur 9 a.m. and Monroe, 1:45 p.m. October 21 —Geneva. 8 a.m. and Berne, 9 a.m. The nearest of the annual safety meetings for school bus drivers will be held October 24 at the Central high school gymnasium in Fort Wayne. It is necessary for bus drivers to attend the tneeting in order to receive pay for the two days of the state teachers' association convention. The safety meeting opens at 9 a.m. that day.

Bakers Urged To Join Drive To Save Food Study Compromise On Opposition To Poultryless Days "Washington, Oct. 14 —(UP) — President Truman’s food committee, faced with mounting industry opposition to poultryless Thursdays, was reported today to be considering a compromise which would encourage housewives io use more stew chickens but cut down on fryers and broilers. The program would not mean an end to poultryless Thursdays. It would encourage the use of older, heavier chickens in stews during other days of th t week, however, and a corresponding reduction in consumption of younger poultry which use more grain. Committee officials are expected to decide on the program one way or another at a meeting late this afternoon between the national poultry producers federation and Austin Fisher, vice-chaitman of the food committee. This new development came an the committee called on bakers to join the grain conservation drive after winning pledges of “full cooperation” from whisky-makers and the nation's 120,000 public eating places. The food committee is faced with the twin problems of getting farmers to cull their less efficient egg producers and at the same time keep down the number of young broilers and fryers which eat large amounts of grain needed for Europe. The bakers were said to be working on a program aimed at saving the equivalent of up to 1,000, 000,000 loaves of bread for the hungry European nations during the next four months. Harry W. Zintsmaeter, chairman of the American Bakers association, was expected to outline the program to the president's food committee today at its second formal meeting since it was set up by Mr. Truman late last month. An overwhelming majority of tbe nation's whisky-makers agreed la«st night to begin a 60-day shutdown at midnight Oct. 25 in an effort to save between 10,000,000 and 20,000,000 bushels of grain for the foreign relief program. A few hours later, the national restaurant industry advisory committee pledged its complete support to the food drive and announced it was setting up a 17-point plan of its own to make the conservation drive more effective. The actions were marked victories for the food committee and i b youthful chairman, Charles (Turn To Page 6, Column 7)

Moose To Celebrate Title On Wednesday To Honor National Softball Champions Final plans have been made for the celebration of Adams lodge 1311, Loyal Order of Moose, to be held Wednesday night in honor of the lodge's national champion softball team. The event will be opened with a parade, starting from the Moose home at 7:30 o’clock. The parade will move through the downtown area and back to the lodge site again. City and lodge officials, bands, members of the various service and social clubs, veterans’ organizations, sororities, etc., are expected to participate in the parade. In ceremonies outside the lodge home, following the parade, Carl A. Weis, nationa’ '.irector of Moose sports activities, at Mooseheart, 111., will make the presentation of the national championship trophy. Other entertainment will follow the presentation ceremonies. In addition to the members of the various participating organizations, the general public has been extended a cordial invitation to attend the event and take part in the parade.

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Proposal Touches Off Personal Duel Os Vishinsky And Dulles At Meet Lake Success, N. Y., Oct. 14 — (UP)—The United Stales opened its fight for a year-round "little UN assembly” today and touched off a dramatic personal duel between John Foster Dulles and Andri Y. Vishinsky who has called the American delegate a “war monger.” Dulles appealed before the UN general assembly political committee for quick approval of the little assembly plan as perhaps the last chance to revive world confidence in the paralyzed United Nations. Vishinsky quickly hit back at the American plan as an attempt at weakening the United Nations and a further step in “the program of propaganda and warmongering by reactionary circles.” “It is the work of reactionary circles,” said Vishinsky. looking squarely at Dulles. "Something Mr. Dulles should be quite familiar with.” The battle, potentially the most crucial east-west tangle in the UM's troubled history, began when Dulles told the committee that the little assembly plan would strengthen the UN and pul! it out of the stalemate which has blocked action in the security council. He challenged the assembly to accept the plan or "disregard its responsibilities ami try to get along with working six or eight weeks each year.” Dulles. a leading republican foreign policy spokesman as weli as one of the key policymakers In the American delegation to UN denied Soviet charges that the plan ■ was aimed at nullifying Russia's great power veto in the security council. Vishinsky hit back almost immediately, charging Dulles with painting "a rather sad picture" of world affairs and assailing every aspect of the American proposal as a device “calculated to weaken the United Nations." “Where is the logic of the thing.” he asked. “Where is the proof of its sincerity?" Vishinsky raised his old cry of ‘ war mongering" but did not immediately repeat his flat charge that Dulles is a leading “war monger." Vishinsky noted that the American plan, which would hold the assembly in session throughout the year through an “interim, committee" of all 57 United Nations. was based in part that the assembly’s docket has grown too big to handle. If the agenda is overlooked, he said, it is because the United States has illegally burdened the. UN with such things as the case of Korea, of revision of the Italian peace treaty and similar topics which he said should not have been put before the UN. Vishinsky ripped into the legalities of the American proposal and the almost completely legalistic address with which Dulles appealed for quick and overwhelming UN approval of the idea. The “little assembly” fight opened in the wake of a basic — and probably limited —agreement between Russia and the United States on the UN majority pla-a for partitioning Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish states. Russia lined up yesterday with earlier American backing of the principle of partition but. like the United States, left open the question of how to enforce it on hostile Arabs of the middle east and (Turn To Page S. Colnmn si _o Meeting Thursday On School Consolidation Berne. Ind.. Oct. 14 — H. H. High, trustee of Kirkland township, will address the Monroe township and community organization Thursday evening. October 16. at 7:30 o'clock at the Monroe school building. Mr High will discuss a proposed school consolidation plan which he announced some time ago. This plan would involve Kirkland. Monroe, French and Washington townahlp*. At future meeting* other speakers will discuss other consolidation plans