Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1947 — Page 1

jTjifoio72 46

Iflryiess MHsdaysMay 'I Miscarded ‘ ail m Jgpjgß “ Food r w mittse To Make S| s i on On Monday BMBulletin Oct. IB Uu^^^K)— Nine npflt cornO& returned today <*’ia tour °* Eur0 P e Bgf 3|lKaid they were conTMjßttl immediate L’nitaid must be | ptfidcd "to prevent a | eMrtlete downfall of »• I Euro! ' e ’ | Wl|i llk Oct - 18 —(UP) — IA [ President Truman’s food commitIX l' iee W actively considering" »U[juuikus poultryless Thursdays land is expected to reach a defi- ■ nite Mcision Monday. it was || Sources close to the committee I 1 said the outcome will hinge on Illi ll■ whether the nation's poultry UU| i and feel manufacturers '[are filing to cut down on the [use ■lorn and wheat in poultry [feed id substitute other grains. tl W s ' are ' h was sa *d. the [comniitt' might he willing to ’ [erase:’ |hickenless and eggless [daysKm its program for saving lint-Kan sKtional 100.000,000 bushels liM® 6 * ?ra ' n for weßtern Europe dur- [ ing the next three months. | Mr. Truman's food managers [declined to comment on the re- „ ■port.Kut one of them pointed ■out iat the committee “isn’t [ wedded to the idea of poultryless [ Tbn&ys just for the sake of i having'them." He[reca!'.ed that committee BehairSat Charles Luckman has ***• snidKat the food program isC ——[ under <on<ta it review. Luckman - ■[ said Bat anytime anyone comes up with a better idea to have grain4.it "'ill get every consideration. Meeting with Luckman Monday will bi representatives of both the poultry and feed grain industries.! The feed people were callMilfter a series of meetings le poultrymen broke up agreement. ism of the poultryless eached its peak this week he agriculture department tl that stocks of frozen s in storage on Oct. 1 set all-time record. committee wound up an nt part of its program ty when the nation’s baksed to try saving 3,000,000 of wheat a month by ting consignment selling king other grain-saving The bakers also will plug tne »a •• of smaller bread loaves, lyHlsize two-layer cakes in|>f three-layer types, bake ted pies and eliminate products for which there small demand. while, the food program o its first official oppositen Gov. A. C. Robins of nrned down. Mr. Truman’s to governors to set up 'ood committees. Robin'S i state would cooperate in 'oper effort to feed the of the world.” But he was impossible for the American family to eat ch because “they cannot t" ir Hyde Dies In York Hospital York, Oct. 18.—(UP)— M. Hyde, secretary of agriunder president Herbert and a former governor of died last night at Mehospital. He was 70 years was one of the few Repub'ho returned to party favor ipborting Theodore Roose--1 his Bull Moose campaign He was a practicing atand an ex-mayor of his tn of Princeton, Mo., at B. _ >n the Missouri Republican torial nomination over the indidate, E. E. E. McGim--1920 and went on to win tion that fall. Missourians “ember his administration 21 to 1925 as one of the 1 in the state’s political

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Watson Condition Remains Critical Washington, Oct. 18 —(UP) — Former Sen. James E. Watson, R„ Ind., remained in critical condition at Garfield hospital today after what attendants described as a "poor" night. Watson is 83. o—- — Poland Appeals For American Troop Ouster Appeals To UN To Oust Anglo-American Forces From Greece Lake Success, N. Y. Oct 18— (UP) —Poland appealed today to the full general assembly of the United Nations to oust AngloAmerican military personnel from Greece by Jan. 1. The Polish proposal set the stage for a new and bitter eastwest battle when the assembly meets in full-dress session Monday to take final action in the Balkans dispute. The Polish move appeared doomed from the outset. It meant however, that Russia and its supporters have decided to fight every Inch of the way against final approval of the American-inspired program for sending a semi-per-manent “watchdog” commission to the Balkans to protect Greece from alleged interference by Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. The six Soviet bloc countries of the UN as well as Bulgaria and Albania, non-members, have announced they would boycott the commission. The two or three-day plenary meeting of the assembly also must try to break the long-standing deadlock over Poland’s successor on the security council. At last report, several Latin American countries were considering switching their votes from the Ukraine, which they agreed to support in return for Soviet support of Argentina for the council, to India, the candidate backed by the western powers. They apparently had not decided fully on the switch, however, and reportedly planned a conference of all Latin American delegates before deciding to break or keep the pledge to .Russia's deputy foreign Andrei Y. Vishinsky. Welcome Cooperation Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 18.—(UP) —Premier Joseph Stalin told eight visiting members of the British parliament that Russia would welJTurn Tn Rhe’® 5. Column 6) 0 Mrs. Eve Albough Dies This Morning Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Mrs. Eve V. Albough, 70, a resident of Adams county most of her life, died at 2 o’clock this morning at her home. 1044 North Second street. Death was caused by complications and followed an illness of many years. She was born in Adams county Aug. 30, 1877, a daughter of Jason and Elbirta Hobbs. Her husband, A. C. Albough. died several years ago. She was a member- of the English Lutheran Church. Surviving are one daughter. Mrs. J. E. Oelberg of Decatur, and three sisters, Mrs. F. C. Hoeneisen, Mrs. Charles Brothers and Mrs. Miltno Chronister, all of Decatur. One son preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Glllig & Doan funeral home, with the Rev. W. C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 2:30 p. m. Sunday until time of the services. —o Bridge Collapses When Hit By Truck Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 18 — (UP) — Allen county officials today considered plans to replace a 30foot steel bridge spanning a creek three miles north of here. •A trailer-truck driven by Herman Ellsworth, 37, Gas City, the Miller Transfer company, Kokomo, struck the bridge last night. The bridge callapsed into the creek. Ellsworth said his brakes stuck as he approached the bridge.

John L.’s Miners Snub Convention iiH loQfeM" MB ' ■ 1 > Im JHr ’SSaSS&t ' it JByy Wj lit' - MK ‘ww — ■ THE TABLE (foreground) usually occupied by John L. Lewis and his Miners Union delegates to the AFL convention at San Francisco, is significantly deserted as the delegates re-elected William Green as president. It was the mine’ chief’s way of snubbing the convention.

Christmas Shopping Store Hours Listed Hours Announced By Retail Committee Store hburs for downtown Decatur business houses during the Christmas shopping season were announced today, following a meeting of the retail committee of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The committee voted to observe the following schedule: Open every Thursday afternoon during December; open evenings on Friday, December 19, Monday and Tuesday, December 22 and 23 and close at 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 24 for Christmas Eve. Christmas trees are being ordered to place in the flagpole holes in sidewalks in front of local stores. Further decorations are being considered, dependent upon the possibility of obtaining permission to put hooks in buildings for stretchng wire across the streets. The date of the Christmas opening will be decided within the next two weeks and the plans publicized. It was also announced by C. of C. officials that 22 new members have been added to the roster, bringing the total to 234, compared to 160 last year. Chamber plans for the annual Callithumpian parade on Halloween night are progressing rapidly under the direction of chairman Will Bowers. Retail stores will be asked to leave window lights on that night during the parade. O County Ministers • Meet Here Monday Dr. A. P. Teter, superintendent of the Fort Wayne district of Methodist churches, will be the principal speaker at a meeting of the Adams county ministerial association, to be held Monday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church in this city. Dr. Teter is well known in this county and has been here on a number of occasions. All ministers of the county are invited to attend the meeting.

Annual County S. S. Convention Planned To Hold Sessions November 2 And 3 Preliminary plans for the annual Adams county Sunday School convention were made known here today. The event will be held Sunday and Monday. November 2 and 3, with sessions at Monroe, Berne and Geneva. Details of these sessions will be announced later. The Rev. A. L. Brown, Winona Lake, a convention “specialist,” will be present at all sessions of the event this year, it was stated. Exhibits will be on display to aid the Sunday School workers. Highlight of the event will be the annual fellowship banquet, to be held the closing night at the Geneva high school gymnasium. Ladies of the Geneva Methodist church will serve the meal. Tickets for the banquet, selling at $1 per plate, went on sale this week.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October, 18, 1947

Two U. S. Soldiers Beaten By Germans Berlin, Oct. 18 —(UP) — Army authorities today sought a gang of Germans who attacked and beat Corp. Leroy Harrington, Terre, Haute, Ind., and Pvt. Harry Thoetz, Sheridan, Ky., at Tempelhof army air base Wednesday night. Harrington was cut on the head and Thoetz was struck by the six or eight Germans who attacked the soldiers with clubs and knives, the army said. o French Communists To Continue Strike Transport System In Paris Is Paralyzed Paris, Det. 18.—(UP)— Thirtythree thousand Communist-led subway and bus strikers voted at a mass meeting today to go ahead with the strike that has paralyzed Paris' transportation system for five days. Premier Paul Ramadier had told them that the government would not even consider their demands for a raise until they went back to work. Nevertheless, they decided to continue their strike, one of the worst since the end of the war. And the strike assumed added significance from the fact that municipal elections will be held all over the nation tomorrow. The elections, as a rest of Communist strength and of Gen. Charles De Gaulle’s power, had taken on international significance. Ramadier had called the strike a “political maneuver.” Ramadier, indicating he expects no major developments before Monday, left for Decazeville, his hown town, to defend his job there as mayor in the municipal elections. For the first time, the Communists ran a big slate of candidates in Decazeville and made a determined effort to get Ramadier out as mayor. Although the job as such is insignificant, losing it would mean a disastrous loss of prestige in Ramadier’s case and he might have to resign as premier. Watch Elections Washington, Oct. 18.—(UP) — U. S. diplomatic officials will be watching the French elections closely tomorrow to see if American dollars are paying off in the fight against Communism. The Communists are making an’other strong bid for power in the balloting for local offices. The U. S., with President Truman leading the way, has made every effort on the eve of the elections to provide the non-Communists in France with good news for the voters. During the past five days, the U. S. has supervised the transfer to France of some 8247,150,000 in financial credits and gold. The latest effort to France’s behalf was a joint one by the U. S.. Britain and France. These nations' tripartite gold commission at Brussels. Belgium announced last night that France will get $104,150,000 in the initial distribution of gold looted by the Nazis from other European countries, O WEATHER Considerable cloudiness today. Clearing and a little cooler in north tonight. Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers south. Tomorrow, generally fair with no Important

Spiritual Emphasis Week For Churches Services Planned By Protestant Churches A week of spiritual emphasis, sponsored by the 12 Protestant churches of Decatur will he held the week of November 23 to 30. it was announced today by the president of the Decatur ministerial association. Dr. Charles E. White. The Rt. Rev. Grant D. Batlorf, Ph. D„ D. D.. LL. D„ bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren church of Dayton, Ohio will be the guest speaker. Bishop Batdorf is noted as one of the outstanding preachers of America and has also preached in various other parts of the world. Before his election to the highest" office of the church, Bishop Batdorf was the pastor of Covenant- church, Lancaster, Pa., and professor in Bonebrake Theological Seminary of Dayton. Ohio. The Bishop has served in a similar capacity, that of speaker for city wide mission of preaching. in many of the largest cities of the United States and we feel especially fortunate in being able to have him as our guest speaker in Decatur,” Dr. White said. The ministerial association asks all clubs and organizations of the city to hold this week sacred for spiritual emphasis and not to schedule any meetings or events for any evening of this week. It is also planned that each church wi’l follow this spiritual emphasis week with a week of services in its own church. In a recent meeting of the ministerial association, practically every one of the 12 Decatur churches agreed to hold these simultaneous services in their churches, most of them providing for special speak(Turn To Pnerp 6. Column 8)

New Tropical Storm Gathers In Bahamas Jittery Floridans Watching Progress Miami, Fla., Oct. 18.—(UP)—Jittery Floridans today kept a practiced weather-eye on the course of a new tropical storm gathering intensity over the Bahamas and rolling northwestward at about 13 miles per hour. The Miami weather bureau said the storm would “probably reach hurricane intensity.” A 4:30 a.m. EST advisory said strongest winds were estimated between 60 and 70 miles per hour at the storm center 70 miles east of Turk’s Island at the southeastern tip of the Bahamas. “Squalls extend outward 200 miles to the north and east,” the advisory said, “and present course and spee<l should continue today.” The weather bureau advised caution on Turk's and Caicos Islands this morning and the southeastern Bahamas this afternoon and tonight. It was still too early to predict what the storm’s course would be as it neared the mainland of the United Stales.

Military Prisoners Riot Aboard Prison Train On New York- West Coast Trip

Begin Inquiry Info Forced Sea Landing Probe Launched By Senate Committee Washington, Oct. 18. —(UP) — The senate commerce subcommittee on aviation began an Inquiry today into the forced landing at sea of American International Airways’ Sky Queen. Chairman Owen Brewster said he wanted to find out “how a plane runs out of gas in mid-Atlantic.” The Maine Republican ordered Carl Dolan of New York, the committee’s technical adviser, to start his investigation at once and report "at the earliest possible moment.” The Sky Queen with 69 persons aboard was forced down Tuesday on a flight from Poole, 'England to Baltimore. All passengers and crewmen were rescued. Brewster said his group would look into the mishap thoroughly "before another accident results less fortunately.” “There are reports that ‘this plane had been condemned," he said. “If it was. we want to know what was done to qualify it for operation?" Brewster charged that a “double standard of safety requirements” for scheduled and non-scheduled airlines forces "hundreds of passengers to gamble with their lives.” Chairman James M. Landis of the civil aeronautics board, who grounded all American International Airways’ planes, said preliminary examination showed the near-tragic flight violated CAB regulations by carrying passengers. The flight was authorized to carry only cargo, he said. Brewster described the CAB's grounding order as a case of “lock(Turn To Pasre 5. Column 6) 0

42 Persons Die In French Plane Crash Only Two On Board Are Rescued At Sea , Paris, Oct. 18 —(UP)— The International Air Transport Company, a French charter line, announced today that 42 persons were killed when a twin-engined transport crashed into the Mediterranean sea off Cartagena. Spain, Thursday night. A spokesman for the company said only two of the 39 passengers and five crew members on board were rescued by the French patrol boat Sabre, which rushed to the scene. The two survivors were in “uncertain" condition. The victims, he said, were French colonials. The company reported yesterday that all aboard the plane flying from Marseille to Oran had been saved by a Spanish steamer. Today the spokesman attributed that erroneous report to faulty communications. The cause of the crash still was unknown. The company spokesman said the two-engine plane took off formally from Marignane airport pear Marseille, and somewhere over the Mediterranean one of the engines failed. Normally the plane should have been able to limp to safety on one motor, the spokesman said. He denied that the plane was overloaded, even at the time of the takeoff without regard to the lightening of the load by fuel consumption. • ‘ o~ Berne Plans Town Election Nov. 4 Bqrne, Oct. 18 — Arrangements are being completed for the town election here Tuesday, November 4. Only two voting places will be in use. Voters living south of Main street will vote at the town hall, those living north of Main street at the Berne auditorium. In addition to the town e'ect'on. a special referendum will be held on whether or not the voters of Berne are in favor of having the town of Berne buy the Berne community auditorium.

Meat Prices Show Drop In Coast Cities Meat Prices Lower On Both Coasts But Bread Is Increased By United Press Meat prices were lower today both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts but local rises in bread and milk kept shopping housewives from feeling that the picture was too bright. Los Angeles customers paid less for their meat than a week ago and New York livestock prices went down, but bakers in New York and Philadelphia housewives found the cost of bread boosted a penny a loaf. The department of agriculture reported that in the North Atlantic and north central states, milk cost four cents a quart more today than the average price for the last five years. However, the nation’s bakers said they were ready today to save up to 3.000,000 bushels of wheat a month for European relief through an 11-point economy program. The brewing industry agreed simultaneously to use 25 percent less corn for beer production. The meat price drops in Los Ange'.es today were made by a large food store chain. Officials said that 19 cuts of meat in their stores were as much as 19 cents a pound cheaper than last Monday. —™ They said that beef rib steak sold at 59 cents a point i today against 72 cents Monday: boneless rump roast 63 cents against 75, and prime rib roast 59 cents against 69. They said they did not know whether meatless Tuesdays had brought the prices down. However. in New York, where beef went down 1.5 cents a pound yesterday. veal down 2 cents, and lamb down one cent, market experts sail consumers definitely were buying less meat. Other developments in the food price picture: San Francisco: When it adjourned. the American federation of labor's 1947 convention denounced proposed government price control and rationing but urged voluntary action to keep the nation’s economy on its feet. Boston: CIO delegates at their 1947 convention adjourned after urging a special session of conCTurn To Pa?» 4 Column 7) 0 Interest Growing In City Election Mayoral Nominees Canvassing City With little more than two weeks remaining before the city election in Decatur, interest today began increasing slowly but surely. Decaturites will go to the polls on Tuesday. November 4. to name their choices for mayor, city clerktreasurer and the live councilmanic posts. There is no contest for clerktreasurer, however, since the incumbent Republican, H. Vernon Aurand, is unopposed on the ballot. Joseph A. Krick, Democratic candidate for councilman, third district, is also without opposition. AB other councilmanic posts are contested. Main interest, however, is in the mayoralty race, where both nominees are staging an active campaign for the position. John B. Stults. incumbent, is the Democratic nominee, and John M. Doan is the Republican aspirant. Both have been distributing candidate cards and are making a spirited canvass of the city. Precinct election workers, who will be assigned to the six voting places in the city on election day, as wdll as canvassing board, have not been named as yer by >arty leaders.

Price Four Cents

One Prisoner Badly Wounded In Escape Attempt, Another Escapee Captured Salt Lake City, Oct. 18 —(UP) —A prison train which left a trail of escaped, wounded and recaptured military prisoners acroes three states left here today with 60 heavily-armed guards aboard. The guards and officers appeared tense although there was one for almost every two of the 148 prisoners who have staged three riots on their trip from New York to Camp Cook. Cal. The train was scheduled to arrive here at 11 p. m. (MST) last night, but did not pull in until 1:50 a. m. today. The delay was caused at Minturn, Colo., where a disturbance broke out in one of the cars and two prisoners broke loose. One of the escapees was wounded critically by a guard’s rifle, and the other was recaptured several hours later at Leadville. Colo. When the train pulled out of here it had a new commanding officer. Col. Wade Killen, Salt Lake City. The former commander. Maj. Henry Noble, was still aboard but in a secondary capacity. Noble, nervously twisting his hands, explained what happened at Minturn, and all the way through Missouri and Kansas, to a group of newsmen and higher ranking officers. most of them colonels from nearby Fort Douglas. “At no time.” Noble said, "did the situation get out of hand.” A triple line of soldiers guard ed the train as it stood in the Salt Lake station. The line nearest the train patrolled it constantly. armed with sub-machine guns, tear gas and revolvers. Behind them stood a line of alerted soldiers armed with rifles. nausea gas and sawed-off shotguns. -Noble described the prisoners aboard the train as “the most desperate criminals in the army 1 and the most cunning.” “All of them are hardened and shrewd and many of them were criminals before they got into the army." he said. Nobel said the prisoners began causing intermittent trouble after the train left St. Louis yesterday morning. Prior to that, he said, there were no "appreciable disturbances.” Two of the three men who escape! in Kansas were reported captured and held- for Lowry Field. Colo., officials. Both Missouri escapees were also captured without incident by civilian police. The worst trouble occurred nt Minturn. Colo., where two prisoners escaped. They were Sarario F. Fiore of New York City and Thomas Mulligan. address unknown. Noble said that Mulligan and Fiore were handcuffed to other and were wearing leg irons at the time. “They got hold of some wire and opened the cuffs and irons." he said. "Then they put their overcoats over their heads and jumped Head-first through the windows and got away." . The train was stopped and guards opened fire on the two escapees. Fiore fell with a bullet in his abdomen. Mulligan got away but was recaptured, cold and hungry, on an eastbound freight train in the mountainous country near Leadville. Colo. He had turned his prisoner's uniform inside out and was huddled among machinery on the train. Sheriff’s officers who captured him said he was “very quiet and subdued.” o Henry Reiff Funeral Sunday Afternoon Henry Reiff. 87. resident of Adams county for 50 years. died Friday at the Adams county memorial hospital, where he had been a patient one week. Surviving are three sons. W. M. of Fort Wayne, B. E. of Detroit, and K. O. of Bryant: one brother. Louis of Berne, and two sisters. Mrs. Mollv Kizer of Fort Wavne and Mrs. John Banning of Modoc. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the residence, with The Rev. J. Robert Coovert officiating. Burial will be in the Alberson cemetery.